New from the Lewis Center

Resource Package
on Church Funding
Now Available

A resource package of materials collected from the Lewis Center's March 2009 event, Funding Your Congregation's Vision, can now be purchased for use in local churches. The package includes addresses by Lovett Weems and David McAllister-Wilson, plus Excel templates for making a giving profile for your church, plus PowerPoint lessons and teaching materials on six subjects. The two-disc set is available with either audio or video presentations. Read more about it.

Pockets of "Youthfulness" in an Aging Denomination

The aging membership of mainline denominations has been a continuing concern for many years and for good reason. The Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary has researched age trends in the United Methodist Church in the United States by examining one key indicator — death rates. This Lewis Center report is a comparison of membership and age–adjusted general population death rates within United Methodist annual conferences. Click to see report.