The Exemplary Youth Ministry Study is highlighting 325 congregations that have been identified for their work in youth ministry. A total of 60 Covenant churches have agreed to be part of phase two of the study. Other denominations included in the study are the Assemblies of God, Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian Church (USA), Southern Baptist and United Methodist.

Every conference in the Covenant has at least one representative among the 60 congregations included in phase two of the study - the Northwest (18) and Pacific Southwest (11) conferences have the most representation. Selected Covenant churches (ones with at least one full-time youth minister or director) are as varied as the conferences they represent.

The Covenant's largest church, Life Church of Edmond, Oklahoma, is among those chosen for the study, as is a congregation with around 100 in average worship attendance, Lund Mission Covenant Church in Stockholm, Wisconsin. Churches in large urban areas such as Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle and San Francisco are part of phase two, while Salem Covenant Church in Oakland, Nebraska, and the Evangelical Covenant Church of Roseau, Minnesota, are examples of churches representing communities with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants.