October 2011
Facts and statistics on giving in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
December 2012
How pastors spend their time
Being a pastor takes a lot of time: a median of 50 hours per week, according to these survey results. While large parts of the week are typically spent in preaching and worship leadership and in administration (a combined median of 22 hours per week), pastors spend a few hours each on a variety of other tasks.
March 2012
Facts and statistics regarding how congregations participate in hunger ministry
November 2010 Data from the 2008 U.S. Congregational Life Survey covering the use of innovative strategies and links to church growth.
November 2013
Integrating faith and science
What Presbyterians believe about science and faith
April 2014
Interfaith—troubling discrepancies
September 2012
Does a congregation’s focus—or lack of focus—on evangelism influence worshipers’ outreach and inviting activities? Yes, it does!
November 2012
Is a pastor shortage on the horizon?
About half of installed and designated pastors are age 55 or older. If all of them retire in the next decade, the number of annual retirements would double from the current average of 171 to about 340. This could portend an increased need for 170 new pastors per year, under the (unlikely) assumption that no positions are lost.
January/February 2013
Knowledge of the Bible
How well do Presbyterians know the Bible?
June/July 2012
Presbyterians don’t have a state or region where they are the predominant religious group. But what they lack in concentration, they make up in spread: In 2010 there was at least one PC(USA) congregation in 2,388 of the 3,221 counties in the United States (74 percent).