Pastors & Staff2015LI-X9BB68EDB

Churches with a full-time pastor

Name: Churches with a full-time pastor
Creator: Lifeway Research

Percent of U.S. churches, 2015 (in percent)

Key finding

Churches with a full-time pastor: 62.2%. Fewer than two-thirds of U.S. churches have a full-time pastor

Source: Lifeway Research, Second Shift: Thriving in Bivocational Ministry · 2015 Faith Communities Today survey. Article published 2016-09-29.

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What does this statistic show?

Churches with a full-time pastor: 62.2%. Fewer than two-thirds of U.S. churches have a full-time pastor.

Who published this data?

Lifeway Research, 2015. Source: Lifeway Research, Second Shift: Thriving in Bivocational Ministry (https://research.lifeway.com/2016/09/29/second-shift-thriving-in-bivocational-ministry/).

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Leader Insights collects statistics about U.S. churches from published research by organizations such as Lifeway Research, Barna Group, Springtide, the American Bible Society and PRRI. Every number is checked against the wording of the original source before it is published, and each statistic links back to the study it came from. Figures are reproduced from the publishers named above; see the source for full methodology.