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Our resources will soon be available in a searchable database, but until then we offer a listing of surveys, articles, and other relevant resources from some of our research and collaborative partners.
Pandemic Surveys
September 2020
- Late August-Mid-September (1,593 Evangelical clergy and nonprofit leaders): Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
- Early September-Early October (1,007 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research
- Early-Mid September (2,538 U.S. adults): Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
- Mid-September (1,200 Americans): LifeWay Research
- Mid-August-Mid-September (345 clergy): United Church of Christ Denomination
July 2020
- Mid-May-Early July (116 Catholic bishops): Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
- Late June-Mid July (131 faith leaders): Partners for Sacred Places
- Mid-July (10,211 U.S. adults): Pew Research Center
- Late July (443 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research
- Late July (609 Orthodox priests): Orthodox Christian Churches
- July (555 congregational leaders): Lake Institute on Faith & Giving
June 2020
- Late May-Early June (3,504 public individuals): American Enterprise Institute
- Late May-Mid-June (3,020 U.S. adults): American Bible Society and Barna Group
- Mid-June (767 Evangelical Protestant clergy): 3rd report from group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Late May-Late June (1,079 adult donors): Dickerson, Bakker & Associates
- June (1,200+ congregations): Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Denomination
May 2020
- Late April-Early May (1,002 public individuals): group of organizations including AP, NORC, and University of Chicago Divinity School
- Late April-Early May (595 clergy and other religious leaders): Lake Institute on Faith & Giving
- Early May (234 clergy): Orthodox Christian Churches
- May (414 clergy): American Baptist Church Denomination
- May (1,102 clergy and other religious leaders): Presbyterian Church USA Denomination
- Mid-May (1,341 Evangelical clergy & nonprofit leaders): Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
April 2020
- Early April (87 clergy): Orthodox Christian Churches
- Mid April (970 clergy): United Methodist Church Denomination
- Mid-April (1,937 Evangelical Protestant clergy): 2nd report from group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Mid-April (1,091 clergy): State of the Plate
- Late April (10,139 public individuals): Pew Research Center
- Late April (470 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research
March 2020
- March (1000+ Evangelical Protestant clergy): group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Late March (400 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research
- Late March (958 clergy): United Methodist Church Denomination
Additional Studies
- Gen Z Lost Touch With Faith Communities During the Pandemic But Kept the Faith, Says Study (Religion News Service Reporting on Springtide Research Institute Study) – May 31, 2021
- With Pews Emptied by COVID-19, a Catholic Researcher Asks, ‘What If They Never Come Back?’ (Religion News Service Reporting on Catholic Leadership Institute Research) – December 7, 2020
- Research: Racial Minorities Were More Likely to Contract COVID-19 at Churches (Christianity Today Reporting on Stanford University Research) – November 24, 2020
- Estimating COVID-19 Exposure for Religious Subgroups in the United States (PRRI) – August 5, 2020
- State of the Church 2020 (Barna) – Ongoing
- Are People Changing Religion in the Pandemic? (Religion in Public) – July 7, 2020
- Regularly Attending Religious Services Associated with Lower Risk of Deaths of Despair (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) – May 6, 2020
- Update on Virtual Worship in the U.S. During COVID-19 (Gallup) – May 1, 2020
- Social Distancing Heightens Feelings of Isolation and Loneliness in Young People (Springtide Research Institute) – April 9, 2020
- Would They Rather be Dead Right? Support for Congregations Staying Open (Religion in Public) – March 30, 2020
Resources
Articles
- Becoming a Virtual Faith Community: Applying Past Data to New Ideas (Faith Communities Today)
- Ways Congregations Can Improve Their Virtual Presence to Members During This Time of Crisis (Faith Communities Today)
- 2015 Faith Communities Today Report on Congregational Technology Use (Faith Communities Today)
- Chaplaincy Changes During COVID-19 (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship)