2020 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 55 questions that should take you about 30 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 June 30.If you are unable to complete the online form, a paper copy may be mailed to the NALC office at 2655 Innsbruck Drive, Suite A - New Brighton MN 55112-9304; 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/ranching area Remote areas Small town Large town Suburb 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 2020 2019 2018 Question Title * 12. Total confirmed membership - how many of your members are confirmed? Include youth and adults 2020 2019 2018 Question Title * 13. Average weekly worship attendance (Numbers only, enter 0 if none) 2020 - pre-pandemic 2020 - during pandemic, in-person 2020 - during pandemic, online views 2019 2018 Question Title * 14. In what format did you hold worship services during the pandemic? Check all that apply Live stream services online Pre-recorded services online Continued to hold services in-person Did not hold services Radio services Provided materials for non-digital services in homes Other (please specify) Question Title * 15. Were there any changes in your pastoral staff in 2020? Yes No Question Title * 16. List all pastors serving under call to your congregation (name, position, denominational affiliation, email, phone number) Question Title * 17. List all pastors serving your congregation but not under call (name, position, denominational affiliation, email, phone number) Question Title * 18. List all commissioned lay ministers serving your congregation (name, position, denominational affiliation, email, phone number) Question Title * 19. Number of full-time staff members not listed in questions 15 to 17 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 20. Number of part-time staff members not listed in questions 15 to 17 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 21. Did your pastor participate in any continuing education opportunities this year? No Yes If yes, please describe Question Title * 22. What educational opportunities would be beneficial to the pastors and lay leaders of your church? Question Title * 23. Number of members added in 2020 in the following categories Infant baptism Adult baptism Confirmation Transfer Affirmation of faith Question Title * 24. Number of members removed in 2020 in the following categories Death Transfer Other Question Title * 25. 2020 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 (gifts to Operating Fund, Great Commission, Theological Education, North American Lutheran Seminary (NALS), Scholarships, Disaster Response, Bradosky Discipleship, Schifrin Scholarship, Women of the NALC or WNALC missions) NALC mission district benevolence Question Title * 26. How was giving to your congregation impacted by the pandemic? Increased About the same Decreased Question Title * 27. Has your congregation used the RESET materials provided by the NALC Living & Giving Stewardship Team? Yes No Question Title * 28. What information about the North American Lutheran Seminary (NALS) is made available to your congregation? Check all that apply North American Lutheran Seminary newsletter Informational materials (brochures, event flyers, etc.) Other (please specify) Question Title * 29. Do you have youth who may be interested in attending the NEXUS program (a week-long opportunity to dig deep into theology for high school students)? Yes No Question Title * 30. Is your congregation involved with or support any of the following types of ministries? Check all that apply Local ministry Domestic ministry Global ministry An NALC mission start None of the above (Skip to Q. 33) Question Title * 31. 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 * 32. How did you find the ministries you are involved with/support? Check all that apply Personal connection Mission district connection NALC website Other (please specify) Question Title * 33. Our mission and ministry includes the following: check all that apply Scripture study Prayer ministry Ministry and leadership by both staff and laity Exploration and use of individual's giftedness Small group Service/Mission trips Donation resources Community engagement A vision and plan Question Title * 34. Did anyone from your congregation attend the Great Commission Society's digital conference, Unveiled? Yes No (Skip to Q. 36) Question Title * 35. Have the resources from Unveiled been used since the conference? Yes No Question Title * 36. Are members of your congregation interested in or planning to attend the Great Commission Society's 2021 digital conference? Yes No Question Title * 37. 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 * 38. If you are currently planting a mission start, are you partnering with another congregation? Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 39. 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 * 40. What was the impact of the pandemic on discipleship and mission in your congregation? Check all that apply No change in mission, only in it's format Re-focused our mission We have a new mission Our congregation grew Our congregation declined We had to put everything on hold No major change Other (please specify) Question Title * 41. Does your congregation have a website? Yes No (Skip to Q. 43) Question Title * 42. Do the NALC daily readings feed into your congregation's website or Facebook page? Check all that apply Website Facebook Neither Question Title * 43. What has been your greatest ongoing communications need during the pandemic? Choose only one Advertising Social media Sunday morning bulletins Sunday morning techology (worship slides, recording, livestreaming, etc.) Web Meeting platforms Digital discipleship tools Digital prayer and worship resources Other (please specify) Question Title * 44. Does your congregation use social media? Check all that apply Facebook Instagram Twitter We do not use social media. Other (please specify) Question Title * 45. Does your congregation have someone responsible for communications? No Yes If yes, please list name, contact information, volunteer/contract/staff Question Title * 46. 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 * 47. 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 * 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" (Skip to Q. 50) 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. Do you have any additional comments or questions for the NALC staff? Question Title * 53. Name, position, email and phone number of person completing this report Question Title * 54. Would you like a pdf copy of this report sent to the email address provided in question 53? Yes (please allow 20 business days from your date of submission) No Question Title * 55. Is this report complete? Yes No Submit
