Longer reads, each built around one question worth sitting with, and at least one for every area of ministry. Every figure is pulled straight from the data, so the stories rewrite their own numbers as real responses arrive.
Nearly a third of leaders plan the entire ministry year alone. What travels with it is harder to see.
Most ministries teach spiritual habits. Far fewer come back to them.
How far ahead teaching gets planned, and why the calendar isn't really the problem.
We asked leaders to describe the room a brand-new kid walks into. They were honest.
Why ministries run events, where the ideas come from, and what makes them hard.
The three things leaders hear when they ask for help, and the one that's easiest to answer.
Ministries built for kids and parents rarely ask kids or parents to help plan them.
Part-time leaders are paid for part of the week. The exhaustion isn't part-time.
Men and women earn about the same when they're paid. Whether they're paid at all is another story.
Not years of service. Church size explains more of the gap than anything else we asked about.
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