2020 church statistics

139 sourced church and ministry statistics dated 2020, each linked to its original study.

2020

• Activities Americans say should reopen immediately Lifeway Research
• Activities small group participants say are important in their group Lifeway Research
• Agree that churches are too segregated Lifeway Research
• Americans coping with the pandemic through daily activities Lifeway Research
• Americans rating clergy honesty and ethics as high Lifeway Research
• Americans who agree even the smallest sin deserves eternal damnation, by age Lifeway Research
• Americans who believe hell is a real place where certain people will be punished forever Lifeway Research
• Americans who celebrate Christmas, by religious group Lifeway Research
• Americans who own smartphones Lifeway Research
• Americans who pray weekly Barna Group
• Americans who qualify as practicing Christians Barna Group
• Americans who see a pastor as a trustworthy source of wisdom Barna Group
• Americans' agreement with selected theological statements Lifeway Research
• Americans' confidence in U.S. institutions Lifeway Research
• Areas of concern for pastors about their church Lifeway Research
• Areas pastors wish they had been better prepared for Barna Group
• Areas where pastors say they struggle or face a challenge Barna Group
• Average age of clergy Lifeway Research
• Belief in God before and after the coronavirus outbreak Lifeway Research
• Belief that biblical accounts of Jesus' physical resurrection are completely accurate Lifeway Research
• Belief that the biblical accounts of Jesus' physical resurrection are accurate Lifeway Research
• Believers who say God is using the coronavirus to call for lifestyle changes Lifeway Research
• Black Church churchgoers who say churches should prioritize social issues only Barna Group
• Black adults who say understanding the role of faith is necessary to understand the African American experience Barna Group
• Black pastors are the most important leaders in the Black community Barna Group
• Candidate characteristics pastors say are important in deciding their vote Lifeway Research
• Change in engagement of children in 5th grade or younger during COVID-19 Barna Group
• Change in race relations since Trump was elected president Lifeway Research
• Christians who feel their spiritual life is entirely private Barna Group
• Christians who feel their spiritual life is entirely private Barna Group
• Christians who strongly agree friends should challenge each other to grow Barna Group
• Church giving in 2020 compared to 2019 Lifeway Research
• Church giving in 2020 compared to the budget Lifeway Research
• Church giving in 2020 compared to the same point in 2019 Lifeway Research
• Churched adults who have watched a church service during the pandemic Barna Group
• Churches with a ministry program for those struggling with porn Lifeway Research
• Churches with a plan to assist families affected by mental illness Lifeway Research
• Churches' children's ministry changes since COVID-19 began Barna Group
• Churches' youth ministry changes since COVID-19 began Barna Group
• Churchgoers who are in a small class or group of adults Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who grew up with a connection to the church Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who prefer sermons no longer than 40 minutes Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who say their church is better prepared to protect children from abuse Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who would leave their congregation over politics Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' preference for physical, digital or both kinds of gatherings Barna Group
• Congregations that heard at least one sermon mentioning each topic Lifeway Research
• Current events pastors see as signs of Jesus' return Lifeway Research
• Daily social media use among evangelicals by belief Lifeway Research
• Disaster risks pastors say could affect their congregation Lifeway Research
• Effect of the coronavirus outbreak on Americans' faith Lifeway Research
• Effect of the pandemic on attending a Christmas church service Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals by belief among U.S. adults Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals by belief who read the Bible every day Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals who say Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God Lifeway Research
• Experience with online dating Barna Group
• Faith grown stronger because of the pandemic, by religious group Lifeway Research
• Gen Z outlook on success and the future Barna Group
• Health and safety precautions churches meeting indoors took Lifeway Research
• How Americans describe themselves as spiritual or religious Lifeway Research
• How churches are rethinking operations for the future Barna Group
• How disrupted pastors expect their outreach efforts to be Barna Group
• How long a pastor who commits adultery should withdraw from public ministry Lifeway Research
• How long pastors expect it to take churches to regain health after COVID-19 restrictions Barna Group
• How much bigger a share of churchgoers large churches host Leader Insights
• How much pastors' spouses can count on church friends when under stress Lifeway Research
• How pastors expect congregants' personal faith to change amid the crisis Barna Group
• How pastors gauge the success of online church engagement Barna Group
• How pastors rate their own well-being during COVID-19 Barna Group
• How pastors say giving changed compared to earlier in the year Lifeway Research
• How people feel after worship services at least most of the time Barna Group
• How well-equipped pastors feel to lead through the rest of 2020 Barna Group
• How young adults describe church members they grew up with Lifeway Research
• Length of a typical sermon according to pastors Lifeway Research
• Long-term shifts churches made because of COVID-19 Lifeway Research
• Major concerns pastors see facing the U.S. church Lifeway Research
• 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
• Megachurches that say they are multiracial Lifeway Research
• Most influential factor in pastors' church re-entry decisions Barna Group
• Most popular regular midweek activities at Protestant churches Lifeway Research
• Online giving among churches early in the pandemic Lifeway Research
• Parents who feel as if they are failing as a parent Lifeway Research
• Parents who felt local churches were helpful to them during the pandemic Lifeway Research
• Parents who say it is important their teen marries someone who shares their faith Lifeway Research
• Parents who say it is very important their teenager is raised in their faith Lifeway Research
• Pastors on whether global warming is real and man-made Lifeway Research
• Pastors strongly agree their identity is deeply tied to preaching and teaching Barna Group
• Pastors who agree Jesus will literally and personally return to earth Lifeway Research
• Pastors who believe their church's attendance will increase in the next five years Lifeway Research
• Pastors who feel equipped to teach on future prophecies in the Bible Lifeway Research
• Pastors who have struggled with depression during their tenure of ministry Barna Group
• Pastors who personally endorsed political candidates outside their church role Lifeway Research
• Pastors who preach 40 minutes or less each week Lifeway Research
• Pastors who publicly endorsed a candidate during a church service this year Lifeway Research
• Pastors who rarely or never speak to their congregation about mental illness Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say it is important to lead by example and follow government COVID-19 regulations Barna Group
• Pastors who say marijuana should be legalized for any purpose Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say smoking marijuana to get high is morally wrong Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say their congregation would welcome a sermon on racial reconciliation Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say they have personally struggled with a mental illness Lifeway Research
• Pastors who see nothing wrong with same-sex marriage Lifeway Research
• Pastors' rating of their own mental and emotional well-being Barna Group
• Pastors' spouses who find it difficult to balance church and family in position decisions Lifeway Research
• Pastors' spouses who have become more callous toward people since their spouse began the job Lifeway Research
• Pastors' spouses who never feel burned out in their role Lifeway Research
• Pastors' view of the current economy's impact on their church Lifeway Research
• Political party identification of pastors Lifeway Research
• Practicing Christians' online church streaming during COVID-19 Barna Group
• Precautions Protestant churches took when holding in-person services Lifeway Research
• Precautions planned by churches that will meet with safeguards Barna Group
• Presidential vote plans of pastors likely to vote Lifeway Research
• Protestant churches meeting in person for worship, spring 2020 Lifeway Research
• Protestant pastors who began streaming services in spring 2020 Barna Group
• Protestant pastors who say their church met in person in September Lifeway Research
• Say church involvement is "very desirable," by generation Barna Group
• Say loneliness is "always" bad, by faith group Barna Group
• Senior pastors who say porn is a much bigger problem for the church than 20 years ago Lifeway Research
• September attendance compared to pre-pandemic February levels Lifeway Research
• Status of church facilities during COVID-19 Barna Group
• Strongly agree friends should challenge each other to grow, by generation Barna Group
• Teen churchgoers who later drop out of church Lifeway Research
• Top concerns of pastors in April 2020 Lifeway Research
• Top ministry struggles reported by pastors during the pandemic Barna Group
• Top pressure points pastors named during the pandemic Lifeway Research
• Top sources of hope for U.S. adults Lifeway Research
• Unchurched Americans who don't mind talking about faith with a friend Lifeway Research
• Very religious young people who found their faith community helpful in hard times Springtide Research Institute
• Ways Gen Z says technology affects them Barna Group
• Ways churches care for people with disabilities and their families Lifeway Research
• What Americans say religious leaders should speak about around the election Lifeway Research
• What Americans say they are thankful for at Thanksgiving Lifeway Research
• What evangelicals by belief say about selected doctrines Lifeway Research
• When pastors expect to host a service in their usual building Barna Group
• Where church income came from Lifeway Research
• Where young people met their friends Lifeway Research
• Whether religious leaders play a positive role in improving race relations Lifeway Research
• Who Americans typically give thanks to at Thanksgiving Lifeway Research
• Why churches do not plan for disasters Lifeway Research
• Why churchgoers attend a small class or group Lifeway Research