Optimism about the administration's impact on Christian work has dropped — even as most ministries report revenue growth and rising AI adoption.
Optimism is down by 15 percentage points among Christian ministry leaders about the positive impact Trump administration policies have on their work.
Trends reported through the MinistryWatch quarterly executive survey.
Christian ministry leaders are relying more on Artificial Intelligence, according to the most recent MinistryWatch executive survey
MinistryWatch reports on trends over our survey’s three-year history.
Almost half of Christian ministry executives believe that the U.S. economy is already in a recession or will enter a recessionary period in the next six months to a year.
More leaders are optimistic about the Trump administration’s impact than in May.
MinistryWatch's quarterly survey of Christian Ministry Executives offers insights into the challenges of ministry leadership.
More leaders also optimistic about growth in revenue during the next year.
About 27% of Christian ministry leaders told MinistryWatch they believe the Trump administration’s policies will have a negative impact on the organization they lead or the work they do. This is an increase from 19% ...
MinistryWatch asked that question of the largest Christian ministries in our quarterly survey.
The majority of U.S.-based Christian ministry executives are optimistic about the impact the new administration of President Donald Trump will have on the ministries they lead.
Majority of Christian ministry leaders think economy is in recession or headed for one.
Nearly 10% of Christian ministry leaders told MinistryWatch their ministry’s revenue has declined more than 10% over the last 12 months.
Results from July 2024 quarterly survey of ministry leaders—greatest challenges, NDA use, and aging/tenure trends
As part of its work serving donors and ministries, MinistryWatch conducts a quarterly survey of leaders of the largest 1,000 Christian ministries in the country.
The results from our April 2024 quarterly survey of ministry leaders are summarized below.
Each quarter, MinistryWatch conducts a survey of leaders of the largest 1,000 Christian ministries in the country. Here are some insights from the most recent survey.
A long-time executive recruiter is seeing retirements of the old guard of leaders.
Many executives leading Christian ministries across the country are over the age of 60, but the movement toward younger leaders may be growing.