Make your Church Life Survey a positive, inclusive process
We believe that the Church Life Survey can be a fruitful experience that supports your church as you move forward together. Here are five steps to use at your church, before, during and after completing the surveys.
5 steps to a successful survey experience
Prepare
Share the purpose of the survey with your church. Affirm the value of the everyone’s contribution to build a sense of group ownership.
• Promote the survey’s purpose to your church attenders and leadership
• Choose a date to complete the survey and notify your church
Administer
Organise and facilitate the survey well, ensuring you include everyone.
• Receive and unpack your Survey Kit
• Notify churchgoers of your chosen survey date(s)
• Complete your surveys and return them to NCLS Research
Evaluate
Reflect on your survey results with your leadership team. Clearly identify and consider the feedback your church attenders gave in the survey.
• Receive your Church Life Profile of results in your Church Life Pack of resources
• Explore your results with your leadership team
• Consider your church's readiness to respond to the results
Communicate
Share the findings of your survey with the whole church to help them own any future plans, directions and mission goals. A strong sense of ownership leads to a more healthy and vital church.
• Celebrate strengths and communicate insights with the church
• Pray about future plans together
Act
Form an action plan that empowers attenders to contribute their gifts and skills. Move to action together.
• Facilitate a time of reflection and respond to your results
• Use Workbook and facilitators resources to plan and act
• Move to action together and review regularly into the future
