by Craig Nash | Sep 4, 2024 | Feature-, News
A recent report by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research found that almost a quarter (24%) of congregations in the United States are financially operating at a deficit. However, only 11% report experiencing financial difficulty, down from a high of 20% at the...
by Craig Nash | Jan 17, 2024 | Feature-, News
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research has been tracking how clergy feel about their profession since 2021 through their “Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations” (EPIC) project. The project’s latest results from fall 2023, released this week, found that...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 18, 2021 | News
A majority of the roughly 350,000 faith communities in the U.S. are small and experiencing declines in attendance, according to the Faith Communities Today report published Oct. 14. From 2000 to 2020, the median average attendance among all faith communities dropped...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 9, 2016 | News
Thriving and surviving were two contrasting trends experienced by U.S. congregations in 2015, according to a report from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research’s Faith Communities Today (FACT) initiative. The report is based on surveys of congregations...