A national project, “Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC),” based at Hartford International University for Peace and Religion (formerly Hartford Seminary), is looking at the  effect of the pandemic on eight representative cities across the U.S. beginning in 2022. Indianapolis, of course, is one of these cities. RUC 2.0 is a partner in this research. EPIC is learning from our 18-months of fieldwork, and we will profit by being able to compare our findings to others across the country. Hartford researchers have just released EPIC’s first national, key-informant survey, which included responses from 2074 participants from 38 Christian denominations. What does it tell us about the pandemic’s impact on congregations, and how does it compare to what we have  learned from our observations and interviews from thirty-five Indianapolis congregations?