FOUR MEGA-TRENDSChanging America’s Religious Landscape

[And keeping religion newswriters’ jobs interesting]

David A. Roozen Hartford Seminary Institute for Religion Research

www.hirr.hartsem

Presented at the Religion Newswriters Association Annual MeetingBoston, MA, September, 2001

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FOUR MEGA-TRENDSChanging America’s Religious Landscape

[And keeping religion newswriters’ jobs interesting]

David A. Roozen Hartford Seminary Institute for Religion Research www.hirr.hartsem Presented at the Religion Newswriters Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, September, 2001

• From ECUMENICAL to INTERFAITH• From PROPHETIC to POLITICAL• From WORD to SPIRIT• From MISSION to WORSHIP

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Worship Social Outreach

Ecumenical Worship and Social Outreach

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

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Interfaith Worship and Social Outreach

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

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Percent of Congregations Reporting Conflict In the Five years Prior to the Survey

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

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Some Level of ConflictWith Decision Making

Serious Level ofAny Kind of Conflict

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Percent High Vitality CongregationsBy Presence or Absence of Conflict in Prior 5 Years

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

Some Level of Any KindOf Conflict Present

No Reported Conflict

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Percent High Vitality CongregationsWithin Expressive and Cognitive Protestant Denominations

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

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Percent High Vitality Congregations By Inspirational Level of Worship: All Congregations

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu

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Percent High Social Involvement Congregations By Inspirational Level of Worship: Liberal Protestant

Based on the Faith Communities Today national survey of 14,301 congregations. fact.hartsem.edu