2018 Congregational Report Please complete this report so we have accurate information about the NALC. You should have printed the questions from the email sent to NALC congregations or from the NALC website and completed them prior to starting this form. There are 48 questions that should take you about 25 minutes to complete if you have printed and answered the questions in advance. You must complete the online form in one session or you will have to start over completely. However, you are able to go back and change answers on previous pages as needed during the session. Please complete the report by July 19.If you are unable to complete the online form, a paper copy may be mailed to the NALC office at 2299 Palmer Drive, Suite 220 - New Brighton MN 55112-2202; you may fax it to 651-633-4260; or you may scan and email it as an attachment to agleason@thenalc.org. Required questions are marked with a red *. You will not be able to submit the report unless you have answered all the required questions. Please note, some required questions have multiple lines to be answered. Question Title * 1. Name, position, email and phone number of person completing this report Question Title * 2. Congregation name Question Title * 3. Congregation mailing address and contact information (Please note: the email address you provide here will be listed on the NALC website) Address: City/Town: State/Province: ZIP/Postal Code: Country: Email Address: Work Phone: Question Title * 4. Congregation worship location (if different from mailing address) Location name: Address: City/Town: State/Province: ZIP/Postal Code: Country: Question Title * 5. Congregation website address (if applicable) Question Title * 6. Were there any changes in your pastoral staff in 2018? Yes No Question Title * 7. List all pastors serving under call to your congregation (name and position) Question Title * 8. List all pastors serving your congregation but not under call (name and position) Question Title * 9. List all commissioned lay ministers serving your congregation (name and position) Question Title * 10. Number of full-time staff members not listed in questions 7 to 9 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 11. Number of part-time staff members not listed in questions 7 to 9 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 12. What year does your congregation use for determining the congregation's anniversary? Please use YYYY format Question Title * 13. Total baptized membership - how many of your members are baptized? Include infants, children, youth and adults 2018 2017 2016 Question Title * 14. Total confirmed membership - how many of your members are confirmed? Include youth and adults 2018 2017 2016 Question Title * 15. Average weekly worship attendance (Enter 0 if none) 2018 2017 2016 Question Title * 16. Campus type Single location Multiple locations If multiple locations, how many? Question Title * 17. Which option best describes your setting? Farming Area Small Town or Rural City Metropolitan City Suburb of Large City Question Title * 18. If affiliated with a Lutheran church (in addition to the NALC), please check all that apply LCMC ELCA ELCIC Other (please specify) Question Title * 19. Are you a multi-point parish? Yes No (Skip to Q. 21) Question Title * 20. If yes, please list the name of the other congregation(s) and location(s) Question Title * 21. Are you a mission start? Yes No (Skip to Q. 23) Question Title * 22. If yes, indicate your status below Mission Post House Church Mission Fellowship Mission Branch Mission Congregation Question Title * 23. Number of members added in 2018 in the following categories Infant baptism Adult baptism Confirmation Transfer Affirmation of Faith Question Title * 24. Number of members removed in 2018 in the following categories Death Transfer Other Question Title * 25. 2018 Budget information(You must have an answer in each field; enter 0 if none; round to the nearest dollar (no decimals and cents); numbers only please, no symbols like comma (,) or $) Total budgeted income Total budgeted expense Total actual income from all sources Total actual expense Building and infrastructure costs (includes mortgage payments, insurance, utilities, building and grounds maintenance) Personnel costs (includes compensation and benefits, continuing education, supply pastors and part-time musicians) NALC benevolence (includes gifts to the operating fund, Great Commission Fund, Theological Education Fund, Disaster Response Fund and/or Ethiopian Church Relief Fund) NALC Mission District benevolence Other local (city/town) mission benevolence Other domestic (regional) mission benevolence Global mission projects/workers/missionaries Question Title * 26. Does your congregation have a website? Yes No (Skip to Q. 30) Question Title * 27. If yes, how often is the website updated? Daily Weekly Monthly Seldom Other (please specify) Question Title * 28. Do the NALC devotions feed into your congregation's website or Facebook? Check all that apply Website Facebook Neither Question Title * 29. Does your site have a link to the NALC website? Yes No Question Title * 30. What is the main method of dissemination of congregational information? Choose only one Email Newsletter Website Weekly bulletin Other (please specify) Question Title * 31. Does your congregation send a regular email update to your members? Yes No (Skip to Q. 33) Question Title * 32. If yes, what percentage of your members do you reach via email? Question Title * 33. Do you distribute the NALC News in any of the following ways to your congregation? Check all that apply Print Email Facebook Website Other (please specify) Question Title * 34. Did your congregation distribute or use the Bishoftu Letter to the Lutheran Churches? Yes No Question Title * 35. Did your congregation distribute or use the Four Pastoral and Educational Affirmations prepared through the NALC's ecumenical consultation with the Anglican Church in North America? Yes No Question Title * 36. What is your greatest communications need? Choose only one Social Media Web Sunday Morning Bulletins Advertising Other (please specify) Question Title * 37. Do you have paid youth and family ministry staff? No Yes If yes, please list name(s), position(s), contact information, full time or part time Question Title * 38. If no, do you have a primary youth and family ministry contact person? No Yes If yes, please list name(s) and contact information Question Title * 39. Do your youth participate in local, regional and/or national youth events? No Yes If yes, please list the events Question Title * 40. Do your youth participate in a mission/service trip experience? No Yes Question Title * 41. If yes, is it primarily organized by your congregation or another ministry/organization? Congregation Other ministry/organization If other, please list the ministry/organization Question Title * 42. Does your congregation have a primary church camp it uses? No Yes If yes, which one? Question Title * 43. Is your congregation involved in the NALC's focus on Life-to-Life Discipleship? Yes No No, but we would like more information Question Title * 44. If yes, briefly describe your involvement with Life-to-Life Discipleship Question Title * 45. Does your congregation have a mission team focused on evangelism, discipleship or renewal? No Yes If yes, please list name and contact information Question Title * 46. Do you have any additional comments or questions for the NALC staff? Question Title * 47. Would you like a pdf copy of this report sent to the email address provided in question 1? Yes (please allow 20 business days from your date of submission) No Question Title * 48. Is this report complete? Yes No Submit
