Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2023
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…Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church, 1985-2021 presents the latest figures and trends for elders, deacons, and local pastors by annual conference. Download the full report. While growth…
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…advance their missional concerns. There is no prohibition against churches conducting nonpartisan voter registration drives or participating in get-out-the-vote campaigns. Even in the midst of COVID-19, churches can educate their…
…goods and services, and offering education programs. Several congregations we surveyed operate early childhood education programs: preschools, daycares, and K-12 schools. Congregations host rites of passage like weddings, funerals, birthday…
…within a 13-month period, seven senior, stalwart members of our congregation died. The impact of their loss to our small-membership church was immediate in their respective places of congregational leadership….
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