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The Pandemic's Impact on the Congregation's Bottom Line


The Pandemic's Impact on the Congregation's Bottom Line

The research project I lead, Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC), is designed to focus on patterns in churches across the country over five ...

Press | COVID-19 Religion Research

Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations is a landmark study that offers a comprehensive picture of the pandemic's impact on religious life in America.

Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations

Our project is gathering both broad, nationally representative surveys and detailed ethnographic case studies of how religious congregations are changing and ...

The State of the Post-Pandemic Church

A five-year research project led by the Hartford Institute for Religious Research, “Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations,” is reaching ...

The Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches ...

Most congregations did not experience a net financial impact, or only experienced a small decline. Many of the pastors we spoke with, like Alice ...

COVID Impact: Religion - Clyde Group

Social distancing has fundamentally altered our collective experience, forcing a deeply personal change upon many of the world's faithful. Over the last ...

Congregational COVID-19 Conversations: Utilization of Medical ...

This medical-religious partnership has proven feasible and valuable during the pandemic and warrants emphasis in that it has the potential to serve a vital role ...

a new study looks at COVID-19's effect on churches

More than 550 congregations took part in Lake Institute's survey about the pandemic. While their finances have been impacted, many faith ...

Survey: Church giving is steady after COVID, but with fewer donors

The pandemic transformed many aspects of religious life. Thousands of congregations accustomed to the in-person, pass-the-plate kind of giving ...

How Did COVID-19 Affect Giving? - Tithe.ly

As mentioned above, the COVID-19 pandemic forced churches to quickly innovate solutions for pastoring congregations at a distance. That included ...

The pandemic hit churches pretty hard. Now they're slowly coming ...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit more than two years ago, few organizations experienced the effects more immediately and dramatically than ...

Congregation Shopping During the Pandemic: A Research Note

The COVID-19 pandemic provided perhaps the perfect storm to shake up American religion. Congregations closed for a time, the majority ...

Donations to Catholic parishes steady, post-pandemic, but by far ...

The pandemic transformed many aspects of religious life. Thousands of congregations accustomed to the in-person, pass-the-plate kind of giving ...

These churches are done with buildings. Here's why - Deseret News

These two congregations went virtual during the pandemic and neither pastor wants to go back. ... bottom line. It's also allowed the group to ...

Faith Communities Today 2020 Summary Report

... congregation willing to volunteer and a lower ... In the coming decade, in conjunction with the Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations research study (www ...

The Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches ...

Some congregations, mostly urban and fairly large, reported significant increases in giving, while several other, predominantly small congregations, reported ...

At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets - Fox 59

Already financially strapped because of shrinking membership and a struggling preschool, the congregation was dealt a crushing blow by the ...

The Pandemic's Lasting Impact on Churces

Leading a congregation through Covid was one of the most challenging things I have ever done. Other faith leaders that I have talked to ...

COVID depletes collection plates at churches nationwide - CBS News

Separately, a September survey of 1,000 protestant pastors by the evangelical firm Lifeway Research found about half of congregations received ...

U.S. Church Attendance Still Lower Than Pre-Pandemic - Gallup News

Bottom Line. The pandemic had a profound effect on U.S. society, and it continues to have an impact in some ways. Americans have been less ...