Study Finds No Change in Senior Pastors Leaving Ministry, Despite COVID-19 Challenges

A comparison of Lifeway Research studies from 2015 and 2021 indicates that, despite the challenges of COVID-19, there has been virtually no change in the number of evangelical and historically Black Protestant senior pastors leaving the pulpit each year.

June 2, 2018

Christian Standard

Church Leadership

Update on Christian Standard Media’s Searchable Church/Organization Database

As previously announced, Christian Standard Media is working to make available a searchable database of up to 10,000 Christian churches and organizations to readers of Christian Standard and The Lookout. And while that remains the goal, some factors have changed, but the end result should be an improved final product. After announcing in February our plan to develop a directory using the Christian Church Today database, we learned the Center for Church Leadership has been working in a similar fashion to develop a directory from other sources. Jerry Harris, publisher of CSM, and Tim Wallingford, director of CCL, came together and