State of the Christian Workplace 2025 Report Highlights Employee Engagement Trends

(Mercer Island, WA)—The State of the Christian Workplace 2025 report provides insights into employee engagement and workplace health in Christian-led workplaces. The report highlights statistically valid research from Best Christian Workplaces and offers a foundation from which leaders can learn how to foster a flourishing workplace.

The State of the Christian Workplace 2025 report offers practical information about what matters most to employees in today’s workplace. The report is based on anonymous feedback from nearly 160,000 employees in Christian-led workplaces across multiple sectors. Best Christian Workplaces’ Employee Engagement Survey is a proprietary, research-based tool for assessing workplace health.  

Jay Bransford, President and CEO of Best Christian Workplaces, emphasizes the importance of workplace health: “This report highlights remarkable examples of what can happen when leaders listen to their teams and take intentional steps to build Flourishing Workplaces^TM. Leaders in healthy Christian-led workplaces model Christ and empower their teams to flourish, extending their impact to the world. However, many organizations still face challenges in fostering engagement and workplace health. Our 2024 data revealed that one-third of surveying organizations fell below the Healthy threshold. This underscores the ongoing need to support and equip leaders in their journey toward creating workplaces that honor God and uplift their people.”

Along with overall data, the State of the Christian Workplace 2025 report highlights trends over the past five years by demographics and by sector. As a leader in the study of employee engagement, Best Christian Workplaces has more than two decades of experience and a robust data set that includes thousands of employee voices. The size of the data set allows statistically reliable categorization by different types of organizations.

Included in the report are the following categories:

• Churches
• Parachurch and Missions
• Rescue Missions
• Family Services
• Christian Schools (K-12)
• Higher Education
• Businesses
• Other Nonprofits

Ministry Partners who use the research-based Employee Engagement Survey have access to their own data, and can also see how they compare to their peers. They benefit from the guidance of experienced Best Christian Workplaces consultants who help them interpret their results and develop action plans to improve workplace health. Ministry Partners who invest in an annual survey of workplace health can track their improvement over time and see the impact of a flourishing workplace on their ministry and business outcomes.

Learn more about the attributes of a flourishing workplace by reading the State of the Christian Workplace 2025 report. Then listen to the voices of your own employees through an Employee Engagement Survey, and commit to action that improves workplace health.