Marcus Tanner is a PhD Student at Texas Tech University and the Founding President of HealingChoice Ministries.  The organization was begun partly out of the desire to answer questions he and his wife had about personal experiences they had growing up as part of a vocational minister's family and in full-time ministry themselves. 

We would like to say thank you to those who recently completed our survey!  We have analyzed the data and will be publicizing the results in a few weeks.  Many of those who took the survey also expressed interest in our forthcoming Ministry Family survey.  We are contacting those families and will most likely start an interview process within the year. 

We have also been recently approved for our second National project.  This project will be similiar to the one we just completed but more robust in its methods and will measure and compare stress across different denominations.  This particular survey has the potential to be the largest of its kind, making it the most relevant study on ministers and their families since the 1980's.  Please keep checking this page.  

Results from our recent survey: Coming Soon!

Doing God's Work: A National Survey of Ministers.

We need to raise funds for this project.  If you would like to give a tax-deductible gift to help us in our research efforts, please click here and put "Research" in the comments. 

In the meantime, if you are interested in receiving periodic information about our research click here to register and sign up for the research newsletter.