Churches of Christ are one of the largest religious bodies in America. We also have several very distinct and isolated groups within this fellowship. Our autonomy, independence, geographic distribution, and lack of awareness makes gathering information about churches difficult. This… Read More »How Do You Reach 10,000 Churches?
The church website is the new front door. Most likely, any guest that shows up to your worship event has looked at your website first. Websites communicate who we are to people. From a review of over 500 Church of… Read More »What Can Be Learned from Church Websites?
I believe Jesus’s three parables about lost things in Luke 15 are not talking about church members that have slipped out of our pews. I believe these parables direct us to God’s focus, to those people who are lost to… Read More »What Seekers Look For
Conducting a nationwide survey of Churches of Christ is, obviously, a big task! We began with the mailing list from 2018 that had 10,890 congregations listed. So why try to do a nationwide survey?
Ryan Burge has become one of the best know and most active demographers of American religion and politics. Burge is a faculty member of Eastern Illinois University. Through his substack @ryanburge, Burge sends out twice weekly, informative posts on statistical… Read More »Interview with Ryan Burge
Today, we want to break out some exciting news to you: Church Research Councill was formed to both update and upgrade Churches of Christ in the United States!