The following report examines the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on local Nazarene churches and pastors across the globe. The pandemic has led to numerous cancellations, postponements, or changes in venues (i.e. from in-person to online) of denominational events and meetings, including the 2021 General Assembly, 2020 and 2021 General Board, district assemblies, and local church worship services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some churches and pastors are adapting well to ministry opportunities during the pandemic, while others are struggling to survive.

A summary of local Nazarene church leader's responses to the open-ended question on the Faith and Communities Today FACT 2020 survey question: 

What are the top 2 aspects of your congregation's ministry that you are most proud of? (max 50 characters)

This continues a series of studies of the corps of pastors in the Church of the Nazarene. In 1988 the Research Center, responding to a request from the Board of General Superintendents, conducted an analysis of the corps of pastors of the Church of the Nazarene in the United States and Canada. In the fall of 1996 a second study was conducted at the request of the Pastoral Ministries Director. This 2006 report describes the corps now and makes some comparisons with the patterns observed in 1988 and 1996.

The Board of General Superintendents asked the Church Growth Division to "write a research document dealing with ministerial needs, the projection of prospective ministers, as well as the careful analysis of what is going on now in the loss of ministers by death, retirement, and for other reasons."  This report presents the findings of the research conducted to examine the questions posed by the request of the General Superintendents.  The report is organized around five general issues: the present composition of the ministerial corps, trends in annual addition of new and attrition of exper