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.