ChurchPulse Weekly

July 02, 2020

015 | Albert Tate and Nicole Martin on What Questions White Leaders Should be Asking, Acknowledging Fears Around Taking a Stand and How the Church Can Make a Difference, Part 2 of 2

Recent Barna data show that only 29 percent of U.S. Protestant pastors say their church is actively involved in addressing racism or racial inequality. Last wee...

June 25, 2020

014 | Albert Tate and Nicole Martin on What White Leaders Don’t Understand About Racial Inequality and What Needs to Change to Bring About Real Reconciliation, Part 1 of 2

Over the last few weeks, COVID-related news has fallen to the wayside as stories covering racial tensions in the U.S. have dominated headlines. The current nati...

June 18, 2020

013 | Levi and Jennie Lusko on the Complexity of Reopening 13 Locations, the Pushback They Took on Social Over Racial Reconciliation, and Talking About Justice with Your Kids

In this week’s ChurchPulse Weekly episode, podcast hosts Carey Nieuwhof and David Kinnaman chat with Jennie and Levi Lusko about addressing racial justice from ...

June 11, 2020

012 | Reopening Kids and Student Ministries During Coronavirus Pandemic with Frank and Jessica Bealer

In the most recent ChurchPulse Weekly episode, hosts Nieuwhof and Kinnaman discuss the pandemic’s impact on kids’ ministry with Frank and Jessica Bealer. Have c...

June 04, 2020

011 | Disruption vs Interruption: The Impact and Response to Reopening Churches with Adam Weber and Glenn Packiam Plus Data on Digital Church Attendance

As the United States begins to reopen cities one phase at a time, church leaders are facing a new challenge which poses many questions, including should we reop...

May 28, 2020

010 | The Medical and Mental Health Impact of Re-Launching Physical Gatherings

As more areas of the U.S. work through the phases of reopening following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches are faced with the weighty questions of whe...

May 21, 2020

009 | How to Create Healthy Rhythms in the Midst of Coronavirus with John Mark Comer and Tish Harrison Warren

Recent ChurchPulse Weekly questions asked of Barna’s pastor panel included how church leaders are personally feeling right now in terms of their well-being, men...

May 14, 2020

008 | New Data Surrounding How Churchgoers Feel About Reopening Plus Thom Rainer, Former CEO of LifeWay, and Pastor Myron Pierce of Mission Church

Each Monday, on the ChurchPulse Weekly podcast, Carey Nieuwhof and David Kinnaman, along with expert guests, discuss the findings from the most recent research,...

May 07, 2020

007 | Mark Sayers on the Cultural and Personal Impact of COVID Plus Current Data on Church Attendance and Giving

For the past six weeks, Barna has been checking in on the state of U.S. pastors through a national pastor panel, gathering data on how church leaders and their ...

April 30, 2020

006 | Pastor Michael Todd, Jo Saxton and Skye Jethani on How Digital Church and Discipleship Can Be Both Valuable and Engaging Plus Data on How Churches are Preparing for the New Normal

For the past six weeks, Barna has been checking in on the state of U.S. pastors through a national pastor panel, gathering data on how church leaders and their ...

April 23, 2020

005 | How to Accurately Measure Online Church Attendance (and How to Measure What Matters)

Over the last four weeks, Barna has been checking in weekly on the state of pastors, their families and their congregants in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis th...

April 16, 2020

004 | Dr. Henry Cloud and Holly Wagner Explain the Mental and Emotional Impact of COVID-19 and How to Lead Through It