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Archives: Congregational Size

Beaumont (2011)

By Laurel PetrikSeptember 5, 2025

Beaumont, Susan. 2011. Inside the Large Congregation. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Campbell, Osteen & Sparks (2023)

By Laurel PetrikOctober 16, 2024

Campbell, Heidi A., Sophia Osteen and Grayson Sparks. 2023. “”We’re Still Here”: Reflections of the Post-Pandemic Digital Church.” https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/200172.

Stein, Corcoran, Kowalski & Colyer (2020)

By Madison BoboltzMarch 8, 2022

Stein, Rachel E, Katie E Corcoran, Brittany M Kowalski and Corey J Colyer. 2020. “Congregational Cohesion, Retention, and the Consequences of Size Reduction: A Longitudinal Network Analysis of an Old Order Amish Church.” Sociology of Religion. doi: 10.1093/socrel/srz036. 

McClure (2015)

By Laura SabiaMarch 18, 2018

McClure, Jennifer M. 2015. The Cost of Being Lost in the Crowd: How Congregational Size and Social Networks Shape Attenders’ Involvement in Community Organizations. Review of Religious Research 57 (2):269-286.

Scheitle and Dougherty (2008)

By Ellen ChildsAugust 13, 2015

Scheitle, C. P., & Dougherty, K. D. 2008. “Density and Growth in a Congregational Population: Reformed Churches in New York, 1628-2000.” Review of Religious Research 49(3): 233-250. (Article)

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