Church Planting & Growth statistics
36 sourced statistics on church planting & growth for U.S. church leaders, newest first, from Lifeway Research, Barna Group and other published research.
2026
2025
- Church attendance trend over the past two years Lifeway Research
- Generation of congregants in new Hispanic church works Lifeway Research
- Growing churches by worship attendance size Lifeway Research
- Share of Southern Baptist baptisms by age group Lifeway Research
- Southern Baptist churches by region of the country Lifeway Research
- Total baptisms in Southern Baptist Convention congregations Lifeway Research
- Where new Hispanic church attendees came from Lifeway Research
2024
- Adults participating in a house church in a typical week Barna Group
- Baptisms in Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
- Closures as a share of starts, 2019 vs 2024 Leader Insights
- Net change in Protestant churches per week Leader Insights
- Protestant churches closing each week Leader Insights
2023
- Churches that retained all new commitments to Christ Lifeway Research
- States with the most total Southern Baptist baptisms Lifeway Research
- Total baptisms in Southern Baptist-affiliated congregations Lifeway Research
2022
- Annual growth rate of Christianity by world region Lifeway Research
- Multisite campus pastors whose primary motive was reaching new people with the gospel Lifeway Research
- People baptized by Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
- Share of a new church plant's funding by source Lifeway Research
- Sources of multisite campus pre-launch funding Lifeway Research
- Southern Baptist churches by membership trend Lifeway Research
2021
- Worshippers at new churches who were previously unchurched Lifeway Research
2020
- Megachurches that helped start or plant a new church in the past five years Lifeway Research
- Megachurches that opened a new campus in the past five years Lifeway Research
- Pastors who believe their church's attendance will increase in the next five years Lifeway Research
2019
- Age of attendees in new Hispanic church works Lifeway Research
- Christianity's growth rate by world region Lifeway Research
- New Hispanic church works that conduct services completely in Spanish Lifeway Research
- Protestant church attendance change over the past three years Lifeway Research
- Protestant churches started in the U.S. in 2019 Lifeway Research
- Protestant churches that closed in the U.S. in 2019 Lifeway Research
2017
- American megachurches in the Hartford Institute database Lifeway Research
2016
- Attendance trend of Southern Baptist churches, 2013 to 2016 Lifeway Research
2013
- African-American church plants self-sufficient by their first year Lifeway Research
- Funding sources of African-American church plants Lifeway Research
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