Projects

International Church Life Survey

This project will result in the largest and most representative profile of church participants and their congregations ever developed in the United States. Funded by a generous grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., the project is being conducted in cooperation with parallel studies in Australia, England, and New Zealand.

The two primary goals are:

	to provide a close look at congregational vitality to help parishes and congregations understand how they can renew and enrich their mission; and
	to describe the American religious landscape based on input from worship attendees in a random sample of parishes and congregations across the United States.

The study explores three dimensions of religious life: faith development, community involvement, and attracting new members. Parishes and congregations were randomly selected for the study. Surveys were given in April 2001. Results from the study began to be released in late 2001.

For more information see the project's website (http://www.UScongregations.org/).