2015 church statistics

43 sourced church and ministry statistics dated 2015, each linked to its original study.

2015

• Adults who have made a personal commitment to Jesus, by generation Barna Group
• Agree that no one set of values should dominate the country Barna Group
• Americans concerned religious freedom will become more restricted Barna Group
• Americans who agree Christians should support Israel Lifeway Research
• Americans who describe suicide as an epidemic in the United States Lifeway Research
• Americans who qualify as post-Christian Barna Group
• Americans who say Jesus Christ was a real person who lived Barna Group
• Americans who say it is inappropriate for pastors to endorse a candidate in church Lifeway Research
• Americans who say legalized same-sex marriage was inevitable Barna Group
• Americans who see evidence of a creator Lifeway Research
• Americans who watch or listen to Christian programming weekly on a computer, phone or tablet Lifeway Research
• Americans who watched a Christian movie in the last year Lifeway Research
• Belief that Jesus was God, by generation Barna Group
• Believe Jesus was God, by generation Barna Group
• Birthplace of foreign-born U.S. residents, 2015 Lifeway Research
• Churches with a full-time pastor Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who want their church to become more diverse, by ethnicity Lifeway Research
• Come across porn at least once or twice a month, by age group Barna Group
• Drop in pastors under 40, 1992 to 2015 Leader Insights
• Evangelicals whose church has never encouraged them to reach out to immigrants Lifeway Research
• Favorable impressions of denominations among Americans Lifeway Research
• Growth in pastors age 65 and older Leader Insights
• How current and former pastors describe the pastorate Lifeway Research
• Least Bible-minded U.S. media markets Barna Group
• Most Bible-minded U.S. media markets Barna Group
• Most important part of Thanksgiving Lifeway Research
• Pastors who have never addressed the treatment of animals in a sermon Lifeway Research
• Pastors' experiences of ministry stress Lifeway Research
• People who seek out porn daily, weekly or monthly, by age group Barna Group
• Practicing Christians with a biblical worldview Barna Group
• Reaction to the Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision Barna Group
• Reasons pastors left the pastorate, as reported by current pastors Lifeway Research
• Say religious freedom is worse today than 10 years ago, by generation Barna Group
• Skeptics as a share of unchurched adults Barna Group
• Support structures present at former pastors' churches Lifeway Research
• Top issue in deciding whom to support in the 2016 election Barna Group
• Topics of New Year's resolutions Americans report having made Lifeway Research
• U.S. adults who qualify as post-Christian Barna Group
• Views of the church among women who have had an abortion Lifeway Research
• What Americans believe about who Jesus was Barna Group
• What makes up "a lot" of Americans' personal identity Barna Group
• Who people who divorced discussed their marriage problems with Lifeway Research
• Women who discussed their abortion decision with anyone at church Lifeway Research