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→français This research partnership formed to investigate how social media engagement affects the faith of Canadian youth participating in Canadian evangelical youth ministries and how Canadian evangelical youth ministry workers working with Canadian youth use social media in their ministries. Youth for this study are those aged 12 to 18 and in grades 7 to 12. Our surveys closed May 31, 2026. The final public report will release Nov. 6, 2026 Download a copy of the research pl

→ français The full English report, a 72-page pdf, is now available (as of 23 March 2026). With thanks to the Charis Foundation for their grant support, a French edition of this report is also now available (as of July 3, 2026). A technical addendum (267 pages in English) is now also available for scholars. How do women understand their roles and participate in the local church? The National Study on Women in Canadian Evangelical Churches began with a simple aim: to listen c

The full report, a 245-page pdf, includes the 3-page executive summary available on its own in English and français “How do we help evangelical parents form the faith of (or disciple) their children in the home?” This is a question with urgency. Parenting is one of the most difficult, rewarding and confounding endeavours most of us will ever undertake. In addition to feeding, clothing and sheltering our children, as parents we have important responsibilities in educating our

[DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE REPORT] [le français suit] Most evangelical churches in Canada are small. You would expect to find a significant number of resources geared toward the small church, and you’d think a significant portion of pastoral training curriculum would be dedicated to training for small church ministry. But our research shows most resources and training for church leadership and ministry assume large church contexts that simply do not translate to a small or a Cana

A major new EFC survey suggests half of Canadians are either agnostic, atheist or unreligious. And only a tenth attend religious services weekly. How will the church respond? The 2019 Church and Faith Trends Survey was conducted with 5,011 Canadians over the age of 18 August 12–16, 2019 on the Maru/Blue research panel. The survey was conducted in English and French. A detailed introduction to the survey and its results is included in the Jan/Feb 2020 issue of Faith Today maga

A major new Canadian study looking at Christian young adults' transitions from high school to the next phase in life has begun publishing its findings in July 2018 online here . (And see the EFC's collection of related resources such as podcasts, webinars and Faith Today articles.) The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Power to Change–Students, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Youth For Christ and Truth Matters have partnered to discover how we can help our teens stay conne

The Canadian Evangelical Missions Engagement Study Series is the first ever comprehensive national research on how Canadian Evangelicals engage with “mission” or “missions.” With over 3,400 Canadians polled and qualitative interviews with 56 Evangelicals, this series of reports provides a snapshot of how and why Canadian Evangelicals engage with missions, and forms a baseline for future study. A forthcoming fifth report in this series will look at mission definitions and miss

The Canadian Bible Engagement Study is a ground-breaking study of 4,474 Canadians conducted by Vision Critical on their Angus Reid Forum. The study data was gathered in late 2013 and released to the public May 1, 2014. The study was sponsored by The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Canadian Bible Forum with funding participation from Stronger Together Grants. This major Canadian research project released two main reports. Confidence, Conversation and Community: Bible

This document provides a compilation of data from recognized polling and survey companies on the topic of abortion for the period of 2007-2012. The data has been organized topically, with endnotes providing reference information at the end of the document. It is hoped that this document will assist readers with drafting of articles, columns and blogs as well as preparation for interviews and debates. Information regarding the number of surveyed participants, the year the surv

Purchase the resource at hemorrhagingfaith.com A Canadian report hears from youth and suggests ways to reverse the trend. Only one in three Canadian young adults who attended church weekly as a child still do so today. Of the young adults who no longer attend church, half have also stopped identifying themselves with the Christian tradition in which they were raised. There are four primary toxins that keep young people from engaging with the church: Hypocrisy, judgement, excl