All Publications
Publications from the National Congregations Study range from general overviews to writings about specific topics. They are aimed at academic, clergy, and lay audiences. If copyright restrictions prevent your download of an article for which Mark Chaves is one of the authors, please contact us with your request and we will send a copy to you. Also, if you have used NCS data to write something, or if you know of something that has been written using NCS data, please let us know so we can add it to the list of study writings.
Decline and Conflict: Causes and Consequences of Leadership Transitions in Religious Congregations
Dollhopf, Erica J., and Christopher P. Scheitle. 2013. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52(4):675–97.
Job Status of Women Head Clergy: Findings from the National Congregations Study, 1998, 2006, and 2012
Hoegeman, Catherine. 2017. Religions 8(8):154-170.
Resources, Race, and Female-Headed Congregations in the United States
Konieczny, Mary Ellen and Mark Chaves. 2000. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 39(3):261–71.
Raising the Roof: The Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition
Mann, Alice. 2001. Herndon, Virginia: Alban Institute.
Church Planters: Inside the World of Religion Entrepreneurs
Pitt, Richard N. 2022. New York: Oxford University Press.
Differences Between Founder-Led and Non- Founder-Led Congregations: A Research Note
Pitt, Richard and Patrick Washington. 2020. Review of Religious Research 62:67- 82.
Gendered Congregations, Gendered Service: The Impact of Clergy Gender on Congregational Social Service Participation
Stewart-Thomas, M. 2010. Gender, Work & Organization 17(4):406–32.
African American Congregations, Lay Leadership, and Social Service Activity
Tsitsos, William. 2001. Master’s Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Focused on the Family? Religious Traditions, Family Discourse, and Pastoral Practice
Wilcox, W. Bradford, Mark Chaves and David Franz. 2004. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43(4):491–504.