What we’re thinking

There are a lot of congregational studies going on these days! The Lilly Endowment (sometimes known as “The Church’s One ...
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A lot of you are thinking about the buildings you aren’t worshipping in right now. This pandemic has prompted both ...
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How should congregations aiming to initiate or expand their social service programming go about doing so? We recently published The ...
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Denominations matter more than you may think. Not all congregations are affiliated with a denomination or other national or international ...
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Amidst the endless stream of research studies, news stories, and anecdotes that rightly report on religious decline across denominations and ...
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In the midst of this pandemic, congregations have often been in the news (not always for good reasons). Newspaper columnists ...
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During these long days of physical isolation, long walks around my community of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, have been a welcome ...
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Just about every religious group out there is producing materials to assist congregations in this difficult time. In addition to ...
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Here’s a research project for anyone curious about the theology that is being preached when the preacher isn’t in the ...
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