LifeWay Research was launched by Dr. Thom S. Rainer and
LifeWay Christian Resources for the purpose of assisting and equipping church
leaders with insight and advice that will lead to greater levels of church
health and effectiveness.
Ed Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches.
He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two
masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and
books. Ed is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a
columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly,
serves on the advisory council of Sermon
Central and Christianity Today's Building
Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news
outlets such as USAToday and CNN.
Ed is Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School, Visiting Research
Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has taught at
fifteen other colleges and seminaries. He also serves on the Church Services
Team at the International Mission Board.
Ed’s primary role is President of LifeWay Research and
LifeWay’s Missiologist in Residence.
He has written the following books:
Planting
New Churches in a Postmodern Age (2003),
Perimeters
of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church (w/ Elmer Towns,
2004),
Breaking
the Missional Code (w/ David Putman, 2006),
Planting
Missional Churches (2006),
Comeback
Churches (with Mike Dodson, 2007),
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Innovations in the Local Church (with Elmer Towns
and Warren Bird, 2007),
Compelled
by Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living (w/ Philip Nation,
2008), &
Lost
and Found: The Younger Unchurched and Churches that Reach Them (with Richie
Stanley and Jason Hayes, 2009)
Scott McConnell has researched the
beliefs, behaviors, needs and preferences of church leaders, laity, and the
unchurched for over 12 years. Scott concentrated in Marketing and Strategic
Management as he received a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Wharton School
of the University
of Pennsylvania. Scott
was mentored in sound survey methodology and actionable decision-focused
research as an associate project manager at National Analysts, a Philadelphia based
research and consulting firm. Projects included segmentation, satisfaction and
product development research for Fortune 100 telecommunications and utilities
companies.
Scott's research has addressed a variety
of issues by interviewing parents, church attendees, young adult church
dropouts, the formerly churched, standout churches who are effective in
evangelism, and multi-site churches. Scott McConnell is Associate Director of
LifeWay Research.
Scott has written the following books:
The Parent Adventure:
Preparing Your Children for a Lifetime with God (with Rodney and Selma Wilson,
January 2009).
Multi-Site Churches:
Guidance for the Movement's Next Generation (Spring 2009)
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