Research on Canadian Congregations
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Every church tells a story. The question is: Is it the right one? In a recently-released episode of the Future Christian Podcast, Loren Richmond Jr. spoke with Joel Thiessen, professor...
In the summer of 2025, Co-Vocational Canada launched a new study to better understand the characteristics of thriving co-vocational (CoVo) congregations in Canada. The term “co-vocational/co-vocationality” is here used as...
Are we ready to meet the next generation in the digital spaces they already call home? This post explores how followers of Christ can shift from being mere screen consumers...
FCI Published Research
This exploratory study used an online survey from the Flourishing Congregations Institute to investigate how...
Along with parents and schools, congregations are part of a “religious transmission ecosystem” with children....
Few sociological studies have explored mental health and Christian congregations. Such research is absent in...
Congregations are story-telling communities. The stories they tell, which link a community’s past, present, and...
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I am pleased to give my wholehearted endorsement to the Flourishing Congregations Institute…
As Catholic dioceses and parishes look for ways to engage in the New Evangelization of our society, it will be helpful to use research tools and analysis that would allow us to comprehend the complexity of social structures and behaviour in a pluralistic society. It could assist us to understand better what factors contribute to the flourishing of parishes in their particular contexts.
Donald Bolen
Catholic Archbishop of Regina