ITEMS OF INTEREST April 23, 2007 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Mary Frances Schjonberg, Chris Whipple

A PLAN TO RECRUIT and incorporate newcomers, clarity of mission and ministry, contemporary worship, involvement of children in worship, geographic location, a website, and the absence of conflict are key factors in why some comgregations in America are growing, according to the latest national survey of US faith communities.

The survey, sponsored by the Cooperative Congregational Studies Partnership (CCSP), found that wanting to grow is not enough. Congregations that grow must plan for growth. ...

The survey findings are available in "FACTs on Growth." The data was taken from the Faith Communities Today 2005 (FACT2005) survey of 884 randomly sampled congregations of all faith traditions in the United States. The survey updates results from a survey taken in 2000, and is the latest in CCSP's series of trend-tracking national surveys of US congregations. ...

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