The following data sets may be obtained by participants in the Harold Young Research Award competition. For further information or to obtain data please contact the Research Center by e-mail at research@nazarene.org, by telephone at (800) 306-9928, or by regular mail at Research Center, Information, Technology and Research, Church of the Nazarene, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS 66220.

Nazarene Congregational Data

Pastors of Nazarene churches submit data from the congregations they pastor. Many of these membership and participation data from each church are available for the years 1974 through 2002.

Faith Communities Today (FACT) Data

Nazarene data are available from the Faith Communities Today (FACT) cooperative research project representing 41 denominations and faith groups. FACT developed a common core questionnaire and allowed the participating groups to adapt the language of the questions to reflect their faith’s word usage and practice. From the Fall of 1999 to the Spring of 2000, participating groups administered the survey to a random sample of their congregations. A stratified, random sample of Nazarene congregations participated in the study. More information regarding the study is available at: http://fact.hartsem.edu/. A report of the Nazarene data is available at http://ext.nazarene.org/nazfact/factnazarenereport.pdf.

U.S. Congregational Life Study Data

The U.S. Congregational Life Survey was conducted in April and May of 2001. Deborah Bruce, Cynthia Woolever, and Keith Wulff directed this survey of more than 2,000 congregations and 300,000 worshipers in the United States. Richard Houseal directed the study in the Church of the Nazarene where more than 100 congregations and 6,000 worshipers participated. Data from this study may be obtained for Harold Young Research Award studies.

ANSR Poll Data

Periodic surveys of random samples of Nazarene pastors and lay members have been conducted by ANSR and the Nazarene Research Center. Data from one or more of these surveys may be obtained for Harold Young Research Award studies.