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The Many Jobs of a Religious Leader

Religion Unplugged
August 25, 2025

Evangelical Pastors More Likely to Be Bivocational These Days

Religion Unplugged
July 19, 2025

Catholic Clergy Are Speaking Out on Immigration – More Than Any Other Political Issue Except Abortion

The Conversation
July 16, 2025

Mainline Pastors Less Likely to Hold Historic Christian Doctrine

Lifeway Research
July 3, 2025

Nearly Half of US Evangelical Pastors Are Bivocational: Study

The Christian Post
June 22, 2025

Who Wants to Serve in Small Churches?

The Porterville Recorder
June 21, 2025

On Religion: Who Will Lead America’s ‘Small Churches’?

Religion Unplugged
June 18, 2025

Why Believing in a Literal Adam and Eve Matters

The Christian Post
June 18, 2025

Only 1 in 4 Mainline Pastors Believe in Adam and Eve 

Answers in Genesis
June 16, 2025

Large Churches Are Growing Larger, While Small Churches Continue to Shrink

Christianity Daily
June 12, 2025

How Certain Are Clergy of Their Faith?

Religion Unplugged
June 11, 2025

Small Congregations Must Play to Their Strengths to Avoid Closing as Most Attend Big Churches: Report 

The Christian Post
June 11, 2025

Only a Quarter of Catholic, Mainline Pastors ‘Definitely’ Believe Adam and Eve Existed

The Christian Post
June 9, 2025

Study Shows Evangelical Pastors More Likely Than Others to Be Bivocational

The Christian Index
June 5, 2025

Special Report: Amid Decline, Clergy Reimagine a Future Through Connection

Religion Unplugged
June 3, 2025

Most Pastors Lead a Small Congregation, But Most Churchgoers Attend a Large Church

Baptist Press
June 4, 2025

How Religious Leaders Feel About Climate Change, Their Congregation’s Politics and Being a Pastor

Deseret News
April 15, 2025

The Secret to Years of Professional Happiness

Hack Pastor Substack
April 4, 2025

Research Shows That a Majority of Christian Religious Leaders Accept the Reality of Climate Change But Have Never Mentioned It to Their Congregations 

The Conversation
April 2, 2025

Does the Faith Factor Explain ‘Mainline’ Protestant Decline?

Patheos
March 29, 2025

A New Report from the National Survey of Religious Leaders

The Association of Theological Schools Facebook Page
March 28, 2025

T.D. Jakes Discloses ‘Massive Heart Attack’ as Cause of November Health Crisis 

Religion News Service
March 27, 2025

Are Evangelical Clergy Outliers on Science? Yes and No

Religion News Service
March 20, 2025

Evangelical Clergy Largely Deny Human Causes of Climate Change

Baptist News Global
March 19, 2025

National Survey of Religious Leaders in America – Career, Politics, Theology

Religion Media Centre
March 19, 2025

Evangelical Clergy Largely Reject Human-Caused Climate Change

Religion Unplugged
March 19, 2025

A House Divided: Clergy, Conscience and Same-Sex Marriage

Religion Unplugged
February 28, 2025

Older Catholic Priests Are Way More Willing to Conduct a Wedding for a Same-Sex Couple Than Younger Ones

iFunny.com
February 21, 2025

Is It Appropriate to Raise Our Hands in Worship?

The Port St. Joe Star
August 18, 2024

This Is Still News? Mainline Protestantism, Once Central in U.S. Culture, Keeps Collapsing

GetReligion
September 28, 2023

Today’s Complicated Politics: Are Evangelical Pews ‘Red’ While More Pulpits Are ‘Blue’?

ReligionUnplugged
August 21, 2023

Are White Evangelical Pastors at Odd with Their Congregants? A New Study Says No.

Religion News Service
August 9, 2023
*Also published in The Washington Post

Study: US Clergy Favor Medical Treatment for Depression.

Religion News Service
January 12, 2023

Religious Leaders May Help Address Mental Health Needs, Study Suggests

MedPageToday
January 11, 2023

Most Clergy Follow Science on Depression Treatment, Duke Study Finds

DukeToday
January 11, 2023