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NEXT Research is dedicated to conducting quality research and producing reports on the future of the church, with special emphasis on leadership, disciple-making, and church multiplication in North America and around the world.

We are creating a portfolio of research projects that maintains a strong missiological focus on the future of the church. The empirical research includes both qualitative and quantitative methods. Case studies and mixed methods studies, as well as historical and theological approaches are being utilized.

Future Projects include:

NEXT Research Reports (Downloadable)

AI In The Church – 2026

Hispanic Church Planting Study 2025

Women in the Church Survey Report 2025

AI In The Church – 2025

Microchurch Survey Report 2025

2025 Becoming Five Multiplication Study Research Report

AI In The Church – 2024

NEXT Research Reports (Online Articles)

Leadnet Podcast Background

Report on Innovations in Church Financial Models

One third of the churches in the U.S. are in the red this year.1 Some of these will close. According...

Leadnet Podcast Background

Report on Global Trend in Church Planting

Over the last century, the face of Christianity has radically changed. The past five hundred years of church history has...