Please note: a new project has launched and is conducting pandemic-related research on congregations in conjunction with Faith Communities Today. Visit the website of Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations for additional information and resources.
Pandemic Surveys
*Denotes Faith Communities Today partner
June 2021
March 2021
- Early March (12,055 U.S. adults): Pew Research Center
- Early-Late March (5,149 U.S. adults): Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
February 2021
- Early-Mid February (430 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research*
- Early-Mid February (1,000 Protestant churchgoers): LifeWay Research*
October 2020
September 2020
- Late August-Mid-September (1,593 Evangelical clergy and nonprofit leaders): Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
- Early September-Early October (1,007 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research*
- Early-Mid September (2,538 U.S. adults): Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)
- Mid-September (1,200 Americans): LifeWay Research*
- Mid-August-Mid-September (345 clergy): United Church of Christ Denomination*
August 2020
- Mid-June-Late August (14,276 adults): Pew Research Center
- Mid-August (706 churches): State of the Plate
July 2020
- Mid-May-Early July (116 Catholic bishops): Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)*
- Late June-Mid July (131 faith leaders): Partners for Sacred Places
- Mid-July (10,211 U.S. adults): Pew Research Center
- Late July (443 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research*
- Late July (609 Orthodox priests): Orthodox Christian Churches*
- July (555 congregational leaders): Lake Institute on Faith & Giving*
June 2020
- Late May-Early June (3,504 public individuals): American Enterprise Institute
- Late May-Mid-June (3,020 U.S. adults): American Bible Society and Barna Group
- Mid-June (767 Evangelical Protestant clergy): 3rd report from group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Late May-Late June (1,079 adult donors): Dickerson, Bakker & Associates
- June (1,200+ congregations): Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Denomination*
May 2020
- Late April-Early May (1,002 public individuals): group of organizations including AP, NORC, and University of Chicago Divinity School
- Late April-Early May (595 clergy and other religious leaders): Lake Institute on Faith & Giving*
- Early May (234 clergy): Orthodox Christian Churches*
- May (414 clergy): American Baptist Church Denomination*
- May (1,102 clergy and other religious leaders): Presbyterian Church USA Denomination*
- Mid-May (1,341 Evangelical clergy & nonprofit leaders): Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
April 2020
- Early April (87 clergy): Orthodox Christian Churches*
- Mid April (970 clergy): United Methodist Church Denomination*
- Mid-April (1,937 Evangelical Protestant clergy): 2nd report from group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Mid-April (1,091 clergy): State of the Plate
- Late April (10,139 public individuals): Pew Research Center
- Late April (470 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research*
March 2020
- March (1000+ Evangelical Protestant clergy): group of organizations including Wheaton College Billy Graham Center’s Send Institute, Exponential, and the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
- Late March (400 Protestant clergy): LifeWay Research*
- Late March (958 clergy): United Methodist Church Denomination*
