In This Section:

The Lewis Center informs church practices through targeted, applied research on vital issues. The center has recently released research findings on:

• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2011
• Lay Staff Ministry in the United Methodist Church (2011)
• Reaching More Diverse People in the United Methodist Church (2011)
• Second Pastor Study: Findings about Pastors Who Follow Founding Pastors (2010)
• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2010
• Pockets of "Youthfulness" in an Aging Denomination (2009)
• South Central Jurisdiction Episcopal Areas Study(2009)
• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2009
• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985 - 2008
• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985 - 2007
• United Methodist Young Clergy Survey 2007
• Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2006
• A District Superintendent's First Year: A report on research with new United Methodist District Superintendents (2005)
• The Journey from Readiness to Effectiveness: An Ongoing Survey of the Probationary Process in the United Methodist Church Second Edition (2005)
• Survey of Campus Ministers (2005)
• All the Mainline News Fit to Print (2005)
• Analysis of Seminary Courses on Leadership for the Academy of Religious Leadership by Craig Van Gelder and Lovett H. Weems, Jr. (2005)
• The Journey from Readiness to Effectiveness: An Ongoing Survey of the Probationary Process in the United Methodist Church (2003)

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