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Appendix and Helpful Resources
• The Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership project: a
multi-year research project with some data available in an
online archive hosted by the National Association of Lay
Ministry (NALM), available at http://nalm.org/resources/
emerging-models/
• The Next Generation of Pastoral Leadership: A Closer
Examination of the Current Reality (NALM, 2012):
http://www.usccb.org/upload/lem-summit-2015-next-
gen-emerging-models-report.pdf
• The Pew Research Center: a subsidiary of The Pew
Charitable Trusts; a secular, non-partisan, non-advocacy
“fact tank” with a mission to inform the public on issues,
attitudes, and trends shaping the United States and the
world; see www.pewresearch.org and www.pewforum.org
(the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life); notable stud-
ies include:
o Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next (2010):
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2010/02/24/
millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change/)
o “Nones” on the Rise (2012): http://www.pewforum.
org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/); about the
growing trend of non-religious affiliation among
young adults
• The Barna Group: a research and resource company
focusing exclusively on cultural and religious trends;
geared primarily toward evangelical Christians; see
www.barna.com.
• Polling organizations that can identify trends among the
general population: Gallup (www.gallup.com), Rasmussen
Reports (www.rasmussenreports.com), and Quinnipiac
University Polling Institute (https://poll.qu.edu); these can
be helpful in understanding the broad context of life in
the United States.
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