The Faith Communities Today data brings together 26 individual surveys of congregations representing 41 denominations and faith groups. The project's common core questionnaire includes more than 200 questions covering six broad areas:

Worship and identity   Location and facilities   Internal and mission oriented programs   Leadership and organizational dynamics   Participants   Finances

Although all denominations and faith groups in the United States had the opportunity to participate in the project, not all of them did. The proportion of U.S. congregations represented in FACT is not possible to determine with precision because there is no accurate count of congregations in the United States. Estimates range from 300,000 to 350,000 so using a midpoint estimate of 325,000 means that 260,000 congregations in FACT denominations and faith groups represent 80% of U.S. congregations. However, since the larger denominations and faith groups participated in this survey, it is estimated that the survey data applies to about 90% or worshippers in the United States.

More detailed information about this project can be found here.

Find the Nazarene Church's results from this questionnaire here.

View some graphical informative summary data here.





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