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	Leading Outside the Walls: How Externally Focused Churches Engage and Grow Ministry Leaders By Krista Petty Cost: Free Download Leadership Network recently surveyed 32 divisional leaders of influential externally focused ministries around the country and found that they have implemented leadership structures in a variety of ways. This report examines why churches specifically assign a leadership role to externally focused ministry, how they find those leaders, what these leaders face, how they build teams and sustain themselves.


	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.


	Good to Great in Church Planting: Accelerating and Effectiveness in Church Planting (ECPN) By Joanne Appleton Cost: Free Download This concept paper identifies principles that churches and networks across Northern, Western, Central and Eastern Europe are using as they transition from being good church planting churches to becoming great church planting movements.


	How the Economic Slump Is (or Isn't) Hitting Churches By Warren Bird Cost: Free Download Fresh research released from Leadership Network, April 2009 Since our 2008 Salary Report released in September, the U.S. economy has taken a downward turn. In an effort to get an accurate picture of the church's current economic outlook, Leadership Network asked identical questions about the economy's impact in a survey of executive pastors conducted in January, 2009. A comparison of the responses led to several surprises. In addition to Leadership Network's own statistical analysis, this report includes summaries and references to other recent research on church economics.


	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.