2019 Congregational Report Please complete this report so we have accurate information about the NALC. We recommend printing the questions from the email sent to NALC congregations or from the NALC website and completing them prior to starting this form. There are 57 questions that should take you about 35 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. Congregation name Question Title * 2. 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 * 3. Congregation worship location (if different from mailing address) Location name: Address: City/Town: State/Province: ZIP/Postal Code: Country: Question Title * 4. Congregation website address (if applicable) Question Title * 5. What year does your congregation use for determining the congregation's anniversary? Please use YYYY format Question Title * 6. Which option best describes your setting? Farming area Small town or rural city Metropolitan city Suburb of large city Question Title * 7. Campus type Single location Multiple locations If multiple locations, how many? Question Title * 8. Are you a multi-point parish? Yes No (Skip to Q. 10) Question Title * 9. If yes, please list the name of the other congregation(s) and location(s) Question Title * 10. If affiliated with a Lutheran church (in addition to the NALC), please check all that apply Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. Total baptized membership - how many of your members are baptized? Include infants, children, youth and adults 2019 2018 2017 Question Title * 12. Total confirmed membership - how many of your members are confirmed? Include youth and adults 2019 2018 2017 Question Title * 13. Average weekly worship attendance (Enter 0 if none) 2019 2018 2017 Question Title * 14. Were there any changes in your pastoral staff in 2019? Yes No Question Title * 15. List all pastors serving under call to your congregation (name and position) Question Title * 16. List all pastors serving your congregation but not under call (name and position) Question Title * 17. List all commissioned lay ministers serving your congregation (name and position) Question Title * 18. Number of full-time staff members not listed in questions 15 to 17 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 19. Number of part-time staff members not listed in questions 15 to 17 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 20. Did your pastor participate in any continuing education opportunities this year? No Yes If yes, please describe Question Title * 21. Number of members added in 2019 in the following categories Infant baptism Adult baptism Confirmation Transfer Affirmation of faith Question Title * 22. Number of members removed in 2019 in the following categories Death Transfer Other Question Title * 23. 2019 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 Question Title * 24. Has your congregation used the Stewards of God's Influence materials provided by the NALC Living & Giving Stewardship Team? Yes No Question Title * 25. Do you have a team(s) dedicated to discerning, praying about, studying, organizing and communicating mission outreach and congregational multiplication efforts? No (Skip to Q. 27) No, but we would like more information about building a team. (Skip to Q. 27) Yes If yes, please list name(s) and contact information Question Title * 26. If you answered yes to Q. 25, who are your team(s)' efforts let by? Check all that apply Lay-led Pastor Council Question Title * 27. Is your congregation involved with or support any of the following types of ministries? Check all that apply Local ministry Domestic ministry Global ministry None of the above Question Title * 28. What does your relationship with these ministries include? Check all that apply Financial support Prayer partnership Service together Regular correspondence Pulpit exchange Other (please specify) Question Title * 29. How did you find the ministries you are involved with/support? Check all that apply Community connection Parishioner Mission district connection NALC website Other (please specify) Question Title * 30. Has your congregation planted a mission start? We have planted a mission start. We are currently planting a mission start. We would like information about planting a mission start. None of the above Question Title * 31. If you are currently planting a mission start, are you partnering with another congregation? Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 32. What streams of funding are you using for your mission work? Check all that apply Individual participants Congregational budget Special gifts (endowment funds, memorials, etc.) Thrivent Action Team Fund If grants or other streams of funding, please specify Question Title * 33. Does your congregation have a focus on aging ministry? Check all that apply We have a team focused on aging ministry. We have used resources from the NALC on aging ministry. We do not have a focus on aging ministry. We would like more information on aging ministry. Other Question Title * 34. Does your congregation have a website? Yes No (Skip to Q. 37) Question Title * 35. Do the NALC daily readings feed into your congregation's website or Facebook page? Check all that apply Website Facebook Neither Question Title * 36. Does your site have a link to the NALC website? Yes No Question Title * 37. What is your congregation's main method of dissemination of information? Choose only one Email Newsletter Website Weekly bulletin Other (please specify) Question Title * 38. 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 * 39. What is your greatest communications need? Choose only one Advertising Social media Sunday morning bulletins Sunday morning techology (worship slides, recording, livestreaming, etc.) Web Other (please specify) Question Title * 40. Does your congregation use social media? Check all that apply Facebook Instagram Twitter We do not use social media. Other (please specify) Question Title * 41. Does your congregation have someone responsible for communications? No Yes If yes, please list name, contact information, volunteer/contract/staff Question Title * 42. In the last four years, how many members of your congregation have entered a program to pursue pastoral ministry? Question Title * 43. 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 * 44. 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 * 45. Do your youth participate in local, regional and/or national youth events? No Yes If yes, please list the events Question Title * 46. Do your youth participate in a mission/service trip experience? No Yes Question Title * 47. 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 * 48. Does your congregation oversee any of the following programs? (If your congregation leases space to an independent day care or school answer "none of the above.") Day care, specify ages Preschool, specify ages Day school, specify grades After school, specify grades or ages None of the above, type "none" Question Title * 49. If you have any programs mentioned in Q. 48, list the point of contact for each: name(s) and contact information Question Title * 50. Is your congregation involved in the NALC's focus on Life-to-Life Discipleship? Yes No (Skip to Q. 52) No, but we would like more information Question Title * 51. If yes, briefly describe your involvement with Life-to-Life Discipleship Question Title * 52. Did you distribute DiscipleLife 2020 materials (video, print materials) to any member of your congregation? Yes No Question Title * 53. Does your congregation have an informal partnership with a congregation from another denomination? Check all that apply Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) Lutheran Church - Canada (LCC) Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS) Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) Roman Catholic Church (RCC) We do not have an informal partnership with a congregation from another denomination. Other (please specify) Question Title * 54. Do you have any additional comments or questions for the NALC staff? Question Title * 55. Name, position, email and phone number of person completing this report Question Title * 56. Would you like a pdf copy of this report sent to the email address provided in question 55? Yes (please allow 20 business days from your date of submission) No Question Title * 57. Is this report complete? Yes No Submit