Congregational Survey: June 2000

Church Membership	o member	o non-member
Age group	o 15-17 o 51-64	o 18-25 o 65-74	o 26-35 o Over 75	o 36-50
Sex	o male	o female
Marital Status	o single	o married	o widowed	o divorced
Children	____ total number living at home
	Number in each age group:
	___1–5 yrs.	____6-12 yrs.	____13-18 yrs.	____over 18
Church Attendance	I frequently attend… o Sunday school o Sunday morning services o Prayer meetings		o Bible study/small group o Contemporary Service (The Gathering)
	Total number of years you have attended this church:
	o 0-5 yrs.	o 6-10 yrs.	o over 10 yrs.
Church Activities	I have served in at least one church related activity (example: choir, teaching Sunday school, Wednesday clubs, etc.) within the last 2 years.
	o yes	o no
Education	Mark the highest level completed:
	o elementary	o high school	o college	o post-graduate
Travel	How many Sundays per year are you away?
	o 0-5	o 6-10	o over 10

Place a check beside each need pertaining to you at the present time. You may check as many items as needed.

_____assurance of forgiveness

_____assurance of salvation

_____basic Christian doctrine

_____Bible knowledge

_____development of personal ministry skills (witnessing, discipling, leadership, etc.)

_____family devotions

_____family relationships

_____help in leading an obedient/victorious life style

_____knowledge of God (His attributes)

_____teaching and training on prayer

_____establishing a quiet time with consistency

_____scripture memorization

_____stewardship of time and money (understanding and practicing)

_____small group study

_____understanding and using spiritual gifts and skills

_____Biblical posture on justice in society

_____other (please list below)

Section 2: Pastoral Profile

A. Biographical data

Please check your preference in considering a potential pastoral candidate.

Pastor’s Age	o under 30 o 30-45	o 45-55 o over 55	o does not matter
Marital Status	o single	o married	o does not matter
Family Status	o has children	o has no children	o does not matter
Education	o Bible school	o College	o Seminary	o does not matter
	If you indicated "Seminary" please check your preference and specify:
	o Trinity Evangelical Divinity School o Other: _________________________

Wife’s Involvement	Should she be active in the life of the church (like anyone else)?
Comments:	o Yes	o No

B. Professional Experience

Experience	Our church membership is about 275. The new pastor should have served in a church of at least this number of people:
	o 100 (or less) o 101-200		o 201-300 o 301-400		o 401 – 500 o 500 (or more)
	He should have experience in church ministry:
	o 1-3 yrs.		o 4-6 yrs.		o 7-10 yrs.	o over 10
Personal priorities	Assuming the most important priorities for a senior pastor are preaching, teaching, and evangelism, please identify your next three preferences:
	o counseling	o administration		o community & social needs		o visionary leadership
	o discipleship	o pastoral care		o worldwide missions		o other _____________

Section 3: Church Profile

In this section, you have the opportunity to express your opinions regarding our church (attach additional paper if necessary).

The things that I like best about our church are:
The things I feel need the most improvement in our church are:
In the future, I would like to see the numerical size of our church (check one):
o remain the same
o increase
o other comments
Comments for the Senior Pastor Call Committee:

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A Thought From God's Word:

Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. [Colossians 3:11]