Current Research

Five years after the disruptions of Covid-19, most attenders remain consistently engaged or have increased their congregational attendance, with a significant 38 percent of attenders joining their current church after the pandemic began, according to a new study. &nb

Christian higher education (CHE) is still growing, unlike its broader state and secular counterparts, according to new enrollment data from the 2024 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

     Photo of Southern Evangelical Seminary. A recent survey finds that the top 10 seminaries in terms of enrollment do not include a single mainline seminary and tilt decided

As part of a continuing surge in Bible sales, sales of scripture were up 11 percent this year over 2024, according to data from Circana, a firm that tracks book sal

A new report from Barna Research finds that “men are significantly outpacing women in church attendance since the pandemic, reversing a longstanding trend in Barna’s decades of polling. The 2025 gender gap is the largest recorded so far (43 percent for men vs.

The gap between evangelical and Catholic women supporting the Trump presidency is narrowing, writes Heidi Schlumpf in Commonweal magazine (August 29).

A new study finds a correlation between online gaming and atheist or agnostic beliefs, but also an association between social media engagement and religious practices like scripture reading and congregational attendance.

While the growing number of Christian yoga practitioners see mystical experiences as part of their practice, they don’t necessarily see the Hindu-based bhakti yoga tradition to be relevant, a new survey finds. Bhakti yoga based on the Bhagavad Gita has been the most preval