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	Teacher First: Leadership Network's 2009 Survey of Large-Church Senior Pastors By Warren Bird Cost: Free Download Megachurch pastors are a rare breed. They represent 0.3% of North America’s churches but they draw almost 10% of weekly Protestant worshippers. Most of these churches are growing, many by a respectable level of conversion growth. They are high-visibility congregations with widespread influence. In May 2009, Leadership Network conducted a survey of 232 megachurch pastors. This report reveals some interesting insights on their unique role. For more resources like this, visit www.leadnet.org/megachurch


	Not Who You Think They Are: The Real Story of People Who Attend America's Megachurches By Scott Thumma and Warren Bird Cost: Free Download The National Survey of Megachurch Attenders drew 24,900 responses from 12 carefully selected megachurches across the U.S. Conducted January to August 2008, it is the largest national representative study of megachurch attendees conducted by any researchers to date. This report summarizes the initial learnings from the study.


	Inside the World of Executive Pastors: Leadership Network's 2009 Survey By Colleen Pepper Cost: Free Download Executive pastors (also known as director, chief of staff, or church administrator) face unique struggles and challenges, often filling a role at the church's most strategic level. What does a "typical" week look like for an executive pastor? How does their role change with their church's size? What factors help them most in having a successful relationship with the senior pastor and with other staff? Where do they struggle most? These and other findings come from a survey conducted in January 2009, which drew responses from 555 executive pastors serving in congregations where weekly attendance ranges from 100 to 23,000.


	Changes in American Megachurches: Tracing Eight Years of Growth and Innovation in the Nation's Largest-attendance Congregations By Scott Thumma and Warren Bird Cost: Free Download America's largest churches have experienced considerable change in recent years, according to a recent study co-sponsored by Leadership Network. Their attendances have grown larger but their sanctuaries have remained the same size. Instead they've added services and more have gone multi-site. Virtually all use electric guitar, drums, and visual projection in worship, and they're continually adjusting their style in worship. They're also now placing a greater emphasis on small groups. An amazing 69% run internship programs for training future staff. These churches describe themselves as having a clear mission and purpose (94%) and holding strong beliefs and values (98%).


	Innovation 2007 By Warren Bird Cost: Free Download This 64-page glossy book with 104 diagrams and charts, 10 in-depth profiles of compelling trends and literally hundreds of facts and examples, is the single biggest compilation of ideas and insights about North American churches ever undertaken by Leadership Network. The project presents a unique catalog and analysis of today’s most promising church innovations. Innovation 2007 is divided into four primary sections: Snapshots ("Why churches need innovation") reports on the huge societal needs and challenges to which the church must respond. Quick, at-a-glance statistics and summaries reveal, for example, startling facts on poverty, AIDS and literacy—as well as telling trends in church attendance, giving and pastors’ use of their time. Discoveries ("How churches use innovation") covers 10 crucial approaches to ministry that are extending the reach and changing the face of today’s church. Topics range from churches that are creatively addressing community healthcare to significant church-based recovery ministries. In each case, Innovation 2007 explores the hows, the whys and newly emerging models of ministry. Commentary ("In-depth perspectives on innovative trends") analyzes two particularly significant trends in even greater detail. "Inside the American Megachurch," by Warren Bird and Scott Thumma (of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research), shows how megachurches differ from the picture assumed by many stereotypes. "What to Do with Talented People," by Robert Lewis (pastor-at-large of Little Rock’s Fellowship Bible Church and founder of Men’s Fraternity) discusses how an innovative "catch-and-release" approach to ministry can boost a church’s impact in a local community. Resources ("Strategic readings about leading innovations") presents a host of materials readers can use to further their understanding of high priority topics. Coverage ranges from Leadership Network’s recent "Salary and Economic Outlook," to overviews of some 20 books and 39 helpful online resources.


	Megachurches Today 2005 By Warren Bird, Scott Thumma and Dave Travis Cost: free download The Megachurches Today 2005 survey is the most thoroughly researched study ever made of the Protestant megachurch movement in the United States. Since June 2005, more than 1,800 churches have been contacted by e-mail, phone and mail, with complete data for more than 400 qualifying congregations received, tabulated and analyzed.