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.
Protestant Megachurch Growth: The Role of the Congregant-Focused and Public-Focused Social Services
Belt, Michael. 2021. Master’s Thesis. Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
The Role Race Plays: Racial Differences in Social Service Provision and Political Activism among Black and White Religious Congregations
Brown, Khari. 2004. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Congregations’ Social Service Activities
Chaves, Mark. 1999. No. 6 in Charting Civil Society, a series of policy briefs by Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.
Religious Congregations and Welfare Reform: Who Will Take Advantage of ‘Charitable Choice’?
Chaves, Mark. 1999. American Sociological Review 64(6):836–46.
Assessing the Assumptions Behind the Charitable Choice Initiative
Chaves, Mark. 2001. Written testimony included in Faith-Based Solutions: What Are the Legal Issues? Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary on Title VII of S. 304, the “Drug Abuse Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2001.” United States Senate, 107th Cong., 1st Sess., June 6.
Faith-Based Fallacies: Bush’s Initiative Overlooks the Realities of Church Charity in America
Chaves, Mark. 2001. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, p. A-15.
Going on Faith: Six Myths about Faith-Based Initiatives
Chaves, Mark. 2001. Christian Century, September 12–19, pp. 20–23.
Religious Congregations and Welfare Reform: Assessing the Potential
Chaves, Mark. 2001. Pp. 121– 39 in Can Charitable Choice Work? Covering Religion's Impact on Urban Affairs and Social Services, edited by Andrew Walsh. Hartford, CT: The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Trinity College.
Testing the Assumptions: Who Provides Social Services?
Chaves, Mark. 2001. Pp. 287–96 in Sacred Places, Civic Purposes, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Ming Hsu Chen. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
Debunking Charitable Choice: The Evidence Doesn't Support the Political Left or Right
Chaves, Mark. 2003. Stanford Social Innovation Review 1(2):28–36.
Thanks, But No Thanks: Congregations Say No to the Faith-Based Initiative
Chaves, Mark. 2010. Christian Century, June 1, pp. 22–24.
Congregations and Social Services: An Update from the Third Wave of the National Congregations Study
Chaves, Mark and Alison J. Eagle. 2016. Religions 7(55):1-9.
Religious Variations in Public Presence: Evidence from the National Congregations Study
Chaves, Mark, Helen Giesel and William Tsitsos. 2002. Pp. 108–28 in The Quiet Hand of God: Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism, edited by Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Congregations and Social Services: What They Do, How They Do It, and With Whom
Chaves, Mark and William Tsitsos. 2001. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 30(4):660–83.
Did the Faith-Based Initiative Change Congregations?
Chaves, Mark and Bob Wineburg. 2010. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 39(2):343–55.
U.S. Religious Congregations’ Programming to Support Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study
Derose, Kathryn P., Ann Haas, and Laura Werber. 2016. Journal of Religion and Health 55(3):956–72.
Initial Results from a Survey of Two Cohorts of Religious Nonprofits
Dollhopf, Erica J., Christopher P. Scheitle, and John D. McCarthy. 2015. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 54(1):156–65.
Congregations Serving Homeless Populations: Examining Predictive Factors and Policy Implications
Fisher, Catherine C., Larry Ortiz, Qais Alemi, and Nipher M Malika. 2021. Social Work Research 44(2):234-245.
National Trends in Food Insecurity and Congregation-Based Food Provision between 1998 and 2012
Flórez, Karen R., Brad R. Fulton, and Kathryn P. Derose. 2019. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 58(3):265–80.
Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities
Foley, Michael W., John D. McCarthy and Mark Chaves. 2001. Pp. 215–45 in Social Capital and Poor Communities, edited by Susan Saegert, J. Phillip Thompson and Mark Warren. New York: Russell Sage Foundation Press.
Social Capital, Religious Institutions, and Poor Communities
Foley, Michael W., John D. McCarthy and Mark Chaves. 2008. Pp. 121–30 in The Community Development Reader, edited by James DeFilippis and Susan Saegert. New York: Routledge.
The Role of Religious Congregations in the Mental Health Care System
Frenk, Steven M. 2011. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Beyond Clergy: Congregations’ Sponsorship of Social Services for People with Mental Disorders
Frenk, Steven M. 2014. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 41:146–57.
U.S. Congregations’ Provision of Programs or Activities for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Frenk, Steven M., and Jenny Trinitapoli. 2013. AIDS and Behavior 17(5):1829–38.
Bridging and Bonding: How Diverse Networks Influence Organizational Outcomes
Fulton, Brad R. 2015. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Trends in Addressing Social Needs: A Longitudinal Study of Congregation-Based Service Provision and Political Participation
Fulton, Brad R. 2016. Religions 7(5):51-67.
Network Ties and Organizational Action: Explaining Variation in Social Service Provision Patterns
Fulton, Brad R. 2016. Management and Organizational Studies 3(3):1-20.
Programming Provided by Religious Congregations in the United States to Address Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
Holleman, Anna. 2024. Journal of Religion and Health 63:551-566.
Examining the Presence of Congregational Programs Focused on Violence Against Women
Houston-Kolnik, Jaclyn D. and Nathan R. Todd. 2016. American Journal of Community Psychology 57(3–4): 459–72.
Race and Charitable Church Activity
Hungerman, Daniel. 2008. Economic Inquiry 46(3):380– 400.
Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement
Jenkins, Kathleen E. 2003. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42(3):393–409.
Can Churches Change a Neighborhood? A Census Tract, Multilevel Analysis of Churches and Neighborhood Change
Kresta, David E. 2019. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Welcoming Strangers: Protestant Churches’ Involvement in Refugee Resettlement in the United States
Lee, Young-Joo. 2024. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Black Church Culture, Social Programs and Faith-Based Policy: Using Organization Theory to Reconcile Rhetoric and Reality
Myers, Valerie L. 2005. African American Research Perspectives 11(1):116–38.
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.
Urban Faith-Based Organizations and Community Economic Development: Understanding the Characteristics and Context of a Movement
Tempel, Flora Shannon. 2022. Master’s Thesis, Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington.
Examining Patterns of Political, Social Service, and Collaborative Involvement of Religious Congregations: A Latent Class and Transition Analysis
Todd, Nathan R. and Jaclyn D. Houston. 2012. American Journal of Community Psychology 51(3-4):422–38.
Prevalence and Predictors of Substance Use Support Programming Among U.S. Religious Congregations
Torres, Vanessa N., Brad R. Fulton, Eunice C. Wong, and Kathryn P. Derose. 2022. Journal of Drug Issues 53(4):581-601.
Congregation-based Services for Elders: An Examination of Patterns and Correlates
Trinitapoli, Jenny. 2005. Research on Aging 27(2):241–64.
U.S. Religious Congregations and the Sponsorship of Health-Related Programs
Trinitapoli, Jenny, Christopher G. Ellison and Jason D. Boardman. 2009. Social Science and Medicine 68(12):2231–39.
African American Congregations, Lay Leadership, and Social Service Activity
Tsitsos, William. 2001. Master’s Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Race Differences in Congregational Social Service Activity
Tsitsos, William. 2003. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 42(2):205–15.
The Interaction of Race and Theological Orientation in Congregational Social Service Provision
Tsitsos, William. 2007. Ph.D. Dissertation, 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.
Predictors of the Existence of Congregational HIV Programs: Similarities and Differences Compared with Other Health Programs
Williams, Malcolm V., Ann Haas, Beth Ann Griffin, Brad R. Fulton, David E. Kanouse, Laura M. Bogart, and Kathryn Pitkin Derose. 2015. American Journal of Health Promotion 29(6):e225–e235.
Prevalence and Predictors of Mental Health Programming Among U.S. Religious Congregations
Wong, Eunice C., Brad R. Fulton, and Kathryn P. Derose. 2017. Psychiatric Services 69(2):154-160.
Sources of Care for Alcohol and Other Drug Problems: The Role of the African American Church
Wong, Eunice C., Kathryn P. Derose, Paula Litt, and Jeremy N. V. Miles. 2017. Journal of Religion and Health 57:1200-1210.
Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society
Wuthnow, Robert. 2004. Princeton: Princeton University Press.