UMC State of the Church

The United Methodist Church has released their annual State of the Church Report. The UMC site reports:

"The annual State of the Church Report provides a detailed look at The United Methodist Church today. It encompasses the issues and concerns on the minds of the church's members and their hopes for the denomination in the future.

The report is sponsored by the United Methodist Connectional Table as a way to:

• Encourage conversation and visioning across the church.
• Identify signs of strength and weakness in the life and ministries of the church.
• Recognize the church's heritage and work."

Interested in the data? Below is a link to the research data which I found to be pretty interesting. It's crazy how much the values and beliefs vary among clergy and laity across the different regions of the US. Check it out.

2006 UMC Quantitative Research