Key Benefits

• Church Input

  • Health ministries often engage women (~70%), who statistically drive family health and church involvement

  • Members reporting strong church support for healthy eating show significantly higher self-efficacy for nutrition and physical activity

• Program Output

  • Programs that increase relational connection and small-group participation are strongly linked to higher church attendance and retention

  • Health ministries create new on-ramps for engagement—one of the strongest predictors of continued attendance

  • Churches maintaining health ministries report high program continuation rates and deeper community partnerships