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Church Fact File

The ChurchFact File contains hundreds of PowerPoint® slides, downloadable research reports, and summaries of other published research. Below you can find links to our most popular summaries and reports. To find something for a particular subject, click on that subject in the leftside navigation.

 

     

Study Reveals that Once Churched Adults are Willing to Attend Once Again  (Lifeway Research)
In the summer of 2006, LifeWay Research conducted a survey of 469 formerly churched adults to better understand why people stop attending church and what it would take to bring them back.

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U.S. Congregational Life Survey looks at what works in the areas of evangelism and church growth (U.S. Congregations)   
The U.S. Congregational Life Survey provided a unique look at what works in the areas of evangelism and church growth. Responses from samples of fast-growing churches helped us debunk common myths.                                        
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Survey Studies Reasons for Congregational Growth (Gallup)

  • Downtown and central city congregations are more likely to decline than all other areas (26% are declining), followed by towns and small cities (23%) and rural areas (21%).
  • Least likely to grow rapidly are predominantly white,  non-Hispanic congregations. Among these congregations, only 31% experienced the highest level of growth from 2000 to 2005.
  • Congregations where older adults (over age 60) comprise 20% or less of active adult participants are most likely to grow.
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Statistics show that Generation Y is Redefining Faith (Reboot)
This report is based on a groundbreaking study conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research of youth in Generation Y ages 18-25 years old. The nation-wide survey was conducted with 1385 total respondents between August 7 and November 18, 2004. Over-samples include 125 Muslim youth, 200 Jewish youth, 99 Asian youth, 136 African American youth, and 169 Hispanic youth.
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