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One year of unoccupied houses of worship, of virtual services, of online community – I can’t help but wonder how this will forever impact U.S. congregations. I feel honored that I actually get to be part of a research team that gets to study this. It’s aptly called the EPIC project – Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations: Innovation Amidst and Beyond COVID-19.

Here are some guidelines and tips on how you can digitize your worship services.

Join Scott Thumma, director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, and FāVS Editor Tracy Simmons for a live webinar Wednesday evening and learn best practices for improving your virtual presence during this time of crisis.

Scott Thumma, who co-authored "Recent Shifts in America’s Largest Protestant Churches: Megachurches 2015 Report,"a study released this week highlighting changes in U.S. megachurches, will be the guest panelist for Saturday's Coffee Talk.

A recent study conducted by Eventbrite and Scott Thumma, research director of Hartford Institute for Religion Research, found that religious special events have major benefits for the livelihood of the religious organization as well as the religious individual.