ALL CHURCH SURVEY

    The Associate Pastor Search Committee is actively working on updating our Church Profile, which will help match us with candidates.
    As part of this profile, we are asking for the congregation to provide us feedback by completing the survey below.
    The survey will measure our congregational style, our church life, and our worship life. 

    All congregational participants age 14 and older are asked to independently complete a survey by Sunday, October 11, 2020. 
    Survey responses will be compiled by the Search Committee. Individual survey responses will remain confidential.

    With the pandemic, some of the normal activities of the church are on hold.
    Consider answering the survey questions in the light of past experiences instead of current temporary circumstances.

    ​The committee would like to thank you in advance for your time and effort in this matter.
    What a blessing this church is! We give all the praise to God and ask His continued blessing on the search process and our church’s future.

    OUR CONGREGATIONAL STYLE

    Below are 11 rows with 2 opposite statements in each.  Help identify our congregational style using the following guide:  

    ​Mark 1 for strongly tending to the left-hand statement
    Mark 2 for mostly tending to the left-hand statement
    Mark 3 for in between the statements
    Mark 4 for mostly tending to the right-hand statement
    ​Mark 5 for strongly tending to the right-hand statement
    1.  Our church expects our pastor to share in leadership. 
    1.  Our church expects the pastor to take leadership.
    2.  Our church makes use of conflict and confrontation. 
    2.  Our church seeks to avoid conflict and confrontation.
    3.  Our church is influenced by history and tradition.
    3.  Our church in influenced by contemporary ideas and trends.
    4.  Our church’s approach to social issues is basically educational, leaving any action to individual conscience. 
     4.  Our church’s approach to issues is decidedly activist.  We have a proven history of taking a stand on social issues as a congregation.
    5.  Our church feels ethical decisions should be based on absolute standards.
    5.  Our church feels ethical decisions should be made in light of circumstance.
    6.  Our church emphasizes ABC relationships locally and nationally.
    6.  Our church minimizes ABC relationships locally and nationally.
    7.  Our church is often involved in community affairs.
    7.  Our church is seldom involved in community affairs.
    8.  Our church’s ideas and plans are made by an informal network.
    8.  Our church’s ideas and plans are made by the responsible board, committee or task force.
    9.  In making decisions, our church is governed by boards.
    9.  In making decisions, our church is governed by the congregation.
    10.  Decisions are communicated formally through worship, bulletins and newsletter.
    10.  Decisions are communicated informally by bulletin boards, posters, grapevine or other informal network.
    11.  Our church places much emphasis on giving to ABC national and world mission.
    11.  Our church places little emphasis on giving to ABC national and world mission.

    OUR CHURCH LIFE

    SCALE:    
    1    =    Always
    2    =    Most of the Time
    3    =    Occasionally
    4    =    Never
    ​5    =    Someday Soon We Would Like to Try This
    Our Church Offers:

    HOW WE SEE OURSELVES

    WE LIKE THE MINISTER TO
    (check all that apply)

    Who We Are