CBD-MBD Congregational Social Justice Survey

Thank you so much for your willingness to participate in this survey. If as you complete the survey, you discover the questions are too confining, please send me an email at cbd-mbd-programs@uua.org with your thoughts about social justice ministries at your congregation and how the district can support that. You are also welcome to call me about this at 617-393-4216.

Thanks again!
Meck Groot, Program and Social Justice Coordinator

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* 1. Name of your congregation (with city and state):

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* 2. What is your current role (or roles) in your congregation (check all that apply):

Minister

Religious Educator

Member of RE Committee

Member of Governing Board

Member of Worship Committee

Member of Social Action/Justice Committee

Youth

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Overall, how would you rate the social justice programming at your church?

Excellent

Good

Okay

Not very good

Poor

I don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How would you rate the level of social justice activity at your congregation?

Too much

Just the right amount

Okay, but could be doing more

Don't do much

Non-existent

I don't know

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is your best guess about the level of participation in social justice work in your congregation? That is, about what percentage of the congregation gets involved?

90 to 100%

70 to 90%

50 to 70%

30 to 50%

10 to 30%

5 to 10%

less than 5%

I don't know

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* 6. How active are you personally in the social justice work of your congregation?

I am very involved

I am somewhat involved

I am minimally involved

I am not involved

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* 7. Briefly describe the social action/justice programs at your congregation. Include service, education, advocacy, witness and organizing efforts and name what issues are being addressed.

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* 8. Which of the following individuals or groups is involved in setting direction for the justice work of your congregation? (Check all that apply.)

Minister(s)

Religious Educator(s)

R.E. Committee

Governing Board

Worship Committee

Social Justice/Action Committee

Individual Congregants

Youth Group(s)

None

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* 9. How is your congregation's social justice ministry tied into the congregation's sense of mission, purpose and call?

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* 10. Would you say that the social justice work at your congregation is "ministry" - that is, it goes beyond "activism" to include spiritual dimensions of community building and meaning-making?

Yes

Sometimes

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* 11. If your answer to #10 is "Yes" or "Sometimes," please describe how your congregation's social justice work acts as ministry in your congregation.

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* 12. If your answer to #10 is "No," please describe how your congregation's social justice work might become more of a ministry if you have any ideas about that.

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* 13. How is social justice ministry integrated into the life of your congregation, if it is?

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* 14. What ideas do you have for how the district can inspire and support congregationally-based social justice ministries in the congregations of CBD and MBD?