2022 church statistics

175 sourced church and ministry statistics dated 2022, each linked to its original study.

2022

• Adults who do not regularly visit a transcendent space Barna Group
• Adults who see Christian pastors as a good resource on topics that matter most Barna Group
• Adults' openness to other views on important topics Barna Group
• Agree suicide has become an epidemic, by age group Lifeway Research
• American views on the Bible and belief Lifeway Research
• Americans agreeing with core Christian beliefs Lifeway Research
• Americans at least open to a conversation about faith with a friend Lifeway Research
• Americans at least open to a faith conversation with a friend Lifeway Research
• Americans curious why some people are so devoted to their faith Lifeway Research
• Americans who attend religious services at least monthly Lifeway Research
• Americans who attend religious services at least weekly Lifeway Research
• Americans who believe hell is a real place where some people will spend eternity in punishment Lifeway Research
• Americans who believe suicide has become an epidemic in the United States Lifeway Research
• Americans who say Christians should stay silent on political issues Lifeway Research
• Americans who say a church with this name is not for them Lifeway Research
• Americans who say hell is a real place where certain people will be punished forever Lifeway Research
• Americans who say prayer can play a role in which team wins a sporting event Lifeway Research
• Americans who say religious belief is personal opinion, not objective truth Lifeway Research
• Americans who say same-sex marriage should be legally recognized Lifeway Research
• Americans who say the biblical resurrection accounts are accurate Lifeway Research
• Americans who say they believe in God Lifeway Research
• Americans who say they direct thankfulness toward God at Thanksgiving, by group Lifeway Research
• Americans who say they never attend religious services Lifeway Research
• Americans who say they want to grow spiritually Barna Group
• Americans with a positive opinion of Jesus Barna Group
• Americans' beliefs and spiritual practices Lifeway Research
• Americans' views on the legality of abortion Lifeway Research
• Annual growth rate of Christianity by world region Lifeway Research
• Average church attendance as a share of pre-pandemic levels Lifeway Research
• Baptisms per Southern Baptist church in 2022 Lifeway Research
• Baptisms recorded by Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
• Believe we are living in the end times, by religious group Lifeway Research
• Care churches provide for people with mental illness and their families Lifeway Research
• Certainty and feeling threatened by disagreement, 2015 vs 2022 Barna Group
• Challenges pastors say they face Lifeway Research
• Challenges pastors struggle with in ministry Lifeway Research
• Christians unlikely to attend if their church were solely online Barna Group
• Christians who would not attend their church if it was solely online Barna Group
• Christians' feelings about evangelizing Lifeway Research
• Christians' readiness to share how to become a Christian Lifeway Research
• Church attendance before COVID-19 versus now Lifeway Research
• Church attendance compared to before the pandemic, as reported by pastors Lifeway Research
• Church attendance paths of Christians who attended pre-pandemic Barna Group
• Church dropouts who say leaving was not an intentional decision Lifeway Research
• Church members known with a severe mental illness diagnosis Lifeway Research
• Church worship attendance relative to January 2020 Lifeway Research
• Churches at 90% or more of pre-pandemic attendance Lifeway Research
• Churches offering no formal training on sharing faith Barna Group
• Churches still posting video worship services online Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who attended in person in the past month, by tradition Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who say their church teaches giving brings God's blessing Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers who want a congregation of people who share their political views, by age Lifeway Research
• Churchgoers' preference on political messages and involvement in their congregation Lifeway Research
• Churchgoing teenagers who drop out for at least a year between ages 18 and 22 Lifeway Research
• Churchgoing teenagers who stopped attending for at least a year as young adults Lifeway Research
• Commitment to Jesus Christ that is still important today Barna Group
• Confidence Americans have in the church or organized religion Lifeway Research
• Confidence in U.S. institutions (a great deal or quite a lot) Lifeway Research
• Core beliefs about Jesus held by most U.S. adults Lifeway Research
• Doctrinal statements Americans agree with Lifeway Research
• Emotions Americans feel when sitting in a church building Barna Group
• Evangelical believers stuck in the newborn phase of spiritual development Lifeway Research
• Evangelical support for potential immigration legislation principles Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals who agree the U.S. has a moral obligation to accept each group Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals who have heard a church message about reaching out to immigrants Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals whose media diet is mostly mainstream Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals whose media diet is mostly specifically Christian Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals' preferred approach for immigrants in the country illegally Lifeway Research
• Evangelicals' relationships with neighbors Lifeway Research
• Evangelistic steps taken with non-Christian loved ones in past six months Lifeway Research
• Evangelistic steps taken with non-Christian strangers in past six months Lifeway Research
• Faith-sharing actions Christians took with non-Christian loved ones in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Familiarity with the term tithe Barna Group
• Gen Zers who pray at least weekly Springtide Research Institute
• Giving so far this year compared to the church budget Lifeway Research
• Greatest needs pastors say they need to address Lifeway Research
• Holiday services Protestant churches plan to hold Lifeway Research
• How Americans describe their relationship with Jesus Lifeway Research
• How Americans participated in religious services in the past month Lifeway Research
• How Americans would answer why God should let them into heaven Lifeway Research
• How Christians would feel if their church moved solely online Barna Group
• How churches formally train Christians to share their faith Barna Group
• How men whose partners had an abortion expected churches to respond Lifeway Research
• How often pastors speak about mental illness to their church Lifeway Research
• How pastors encourage church members to respond to Halloween Lifeway Research
• How pastors minister to single adults over 30 Lifeway Research
• Idols pastors say have significant influence on their congregations Lifeway Research
• Impact of the current economy on their church Lifeway Research
• Importance of being sure of heaven or eternal life Lifeway Research
• In-person church activities Christians find most meaningful Barna Group
• Issues Americans call important or extremely important Lifeway Research
• Life experiences pastors feel least equipped to minister through Barna Group
• Mental health experiences: Latina/o young people vs. peers Springtide Research Institute
• Ministry needs U.S. Protestant pastors say they face Lifeway Research
• Money habits of young adults Lifeway Research
• Most meaningful aspect of Jesus according to American Christians Lifeway Research
• Multisite campus pastors whose primary motive was reaching new people with the gospel Lifeway Research
• Never attend religious services, by political party Lifeway Research
• Never attend religious services, by self-identified social class Lifeway Research
• Non-Christians who are spiritually open Barna Group
• Non-Christians with high or moderate spiritual openness Barna Group
• Nonpracticing Christians who are at least moderately spiritually open Barna Group
• Offerings so far in 2022 compared to 2021 Lifeway Research
• Outcome Americans value most Lifeway Research
• Paranormal encounters Americans say they have experienced Lifeway Research
• Pastors exhorting able online worshipers to attend in person Lifeway Research
• Pastors rate their church's ministry to older adults Barna Group
• Pastors who deal with depression to some degree Lifeway Research
• Pastors who feel very satisfied with their job Barna Group
• Pastors who feel very satisfied with their job as a pastor Barna Group
• Pastors who have considered quitting full-time ministry in the past year Barna Group
• Pastors who indicate they need to focus on trusting God Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say churches have a responsibility to support those with mental illness Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say consistently exercising is an issue affecting their ministry Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say developing leaders and volunteers is an issue to address Lifeway Research
• Pastors who say displaying the American flag in worship year-round is appropriate Lifeway Research
• Pastors who see a growing sense of fear in their congregations about the future of the nation and world Lifeway Research
• Pastors who see growing fear about the future in their congregations, by denomination Lifeway Research
• Pastors' familiarity with the concept of deconstructing faith Lifeway Research
• Pastors' personal experience with mental illness Lifeway Research
• Pastors' view of the current economy's effect on their churches Lifeway Research
• People baptized by Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
• Places unchurched adults see as transcendent Barna Group
• Practicing Christians who strongly feel responsible to tell others their beliefs Barna Group
• Prefer pastors be honest about doubts over being certain Barna Group
• Professions rated high or very high for honesty and ethical standards Lifeway Research
• Prosperity gospel beliefs among Protestant churchgoers Lifeway Research
• Protestant churches by weekly attendance size Lifeway Research
• Protestant churchgoers on preferring a church where people share their political views Lifeway Research
• Protestant pastors who have never been asked to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony Lifeway Research
• Protestant senior pastors who are 40 years old or younger Barna Group
• Reasons pastors considered quitting in 2022 Barna Group
• Reasons pastors have considered quitting full-time ministry Barna Group
• Reasons pastors who considered quitting full-time ministry cite for leaving Barna Group
• Reasons young adults give for returning to church after an absence Lifeway Research
• Religious or spiritual practices young people do at least weekly Springtide Research Institute
• Roles Protestant pastors allow LGBTQ+ people to serve in Lifeway Research
• Roles pastors say are open to women in their churches Lifeway Research
• Say a pastor has been the most influential to their spiritual journey, by generation Barna Group
• Share of a new church plant's funding by source Lifeway Research
• Small group efforts churches conducted in the past six months Lifeway Research
• Sources of multisite campus pre-launch funding Lifeway Research
• Southern Baptist churches by membership trend Lifeway Research
• Southern Baptist congregations no longer connected in 2022 Lifeway Research
• Spiritual openness among U.S. adults Barna Group
• Status of worship attendees' places of worship during COVID-19 Lifeway Research
• Strongest factors in developing Americans' views on abortion Lifeway Research
• Strongly agree it is a pastor's responsibility to help congregants in these ways Barna Group
• Student ministry activities not yet resumed in person Lifeway Research
• The one idol with the most influence on their congregation Lifeway Research
• Timing of the most-attended event of the holiday season Lifeway Research
• Total membership of Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
• Typical sermon length reported by pastors Lifeway Research
• U.S. adults' belief in God and spiritual openness Barna Group
• Weekly church attendance by generation Barna Group
• Weekly churchgoers who say same-sex marriage should be legally recognized Lifeway Research
• What Americans most seek to avoid Lifeway Research
• What U.S. teens and adults look for in their spiritual beliefs Barna Group
• What happened to disbanded Southern Baptist congregations Lifeway Research
• What makes a church experience meaningful to unchurched adults Barna Group
• What mothers say it means when church leadership understands their needs Barna Group
• What pastors who have not considered quitting say about their ministry Barna Group
• What people look for in their spiritual beliefs Barna Group
• Where Protestant pastors say LGBTQ+ people can serve in their church Lifeway Research
• Where Southern Baptist churches are located by region Lifeway Research
• Where churches stand on attendance compared with before COVID Lifeway Research
• Where churchgoers say tithe money can go Lifeway Research
• Where young people have experienced multiple sacred moments Springtide Research Institute
• Who influences young adults' financial decisions Lifeway Research
• Who is best positioned to generate healthy conversations on societal challenges Lifeway Research
• Young people naming mental health as their biggest pandemic challenge Springtide Research Institute
• Young people who have experienced a sacred moment Springtide Research Institute
• Young people who have experienced a sacred moment, by religious identity Springtide Research Institute
• Young people who say adults in their lives don't know the extent of their struggles Lifeway Research
• Young people who say mental health was their biggest pandemic challenge Lifeway Research