Did Evangelical Congregations' Income Grow Before the Recession?
While most would be loath to admit it, many evangelical ministry leaders reflexively evaluate a congregation's health first by attendance and then by income. So if income is a measure of church health, how were we doing as a movement when times were good? Did rural or urban churches fare better? Did congregations in certain regions or congregations of certain sizes have better income growth? What might it all mean for church planting and evangelism? Read "Canadian Evangelical Congregational Income, 2003-2008" in Church & Faith Trends

How do Canadian Evangelicals Vote?
Do Canadian Evangelicals vote as a bloc? Are their voting patterns like other Canadians'? Have voting patterns changed? Which parties benefited and which parties lost? Don Hutchinson, Director of the Centre for Faith and Public Life and Rick Hiemstra, Director of the Centre for Research on Canadian Evangelicalism look at these and other facets of the Evangelical vote in "Canadian Evangelical Voting Trends by Region, 1996-2008" in the August 2009 issue of Church & Faith Trends.

CRCE Awards Grant for Research into Evangelicalism in The United Church
Dr. Kevin Flatt, Assistant Professor of History at Redeemer University College, has been awarded a CRCE grant to continue his research into Evangelicalism in the United Church of Canada. Flatt's new study, "A Mainline Minority: Evangelical Renewal Groups within the United Church of Canada, 1966-2009," will provide a window on Evangelicalism in a major, non-uniformly evangelical denomination. [MORE]