2022 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 59 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 April 21.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 Small town/city Large town Metropolitan area 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 2022 Question Title * 12. Total confirmed membership - how many of your members are confirmed? Include youth and adults 2022 Question Title * 13. Average weekly worship attendance (Numbers only, enter 0 if none) 2022 Question Title * 14. Do you have services in a language other than English? Check all that apply Cantonese Mandarin Korean Spanish Amharic Oromo Other (please specify) Question Title * 15. Were there any changes in your pastoral staff in 2022? 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 16 to 18 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 20. Number of part-time staff members not listed in questions 16 to 18 Enter 0 if none Question Title * 21. Please provide the name and email of your congregational president Question Title * 22. Please provide the name and email of your congregational treasurer Question Title * 23. Did your pastor participate in any continuing education opportunities this year? No Yes If yes, please describe Question Title * 24. What educational opportunities would be beneficial to the pastors and lay leaders of your church? Question Title * 25. Number of members added in 2022 in the following categories Infant baptism Adult baptism Confirmation Transfer (from another Lutheran congregation) Affirmation of faith (joining from another faith tradition or returning after being away from the church for a time) Question Title * 26. Number of members removed in 2022 in the following categories Death Transfer Other Question Title * 27. 2022 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) 2020 Vision - Today, Tomorrow & Forever Initiative NALC mission district/region benevolence Question Title * 28. Has your congregation used The Indescribable Joy of Giving materials provided by the NALC Living & Giving Stewardship Team? Yes No Question Title * 29. Have you received and reviewed the materials for the 2020 Vision? Yes No Question Title * 30. Do you need assistance with presenting the materials to your congregation? No We have already given a gift or made a pledge (THANK YOU!) Yes If yes, please provide a name and contact information and we will be glad to assist Question Title * 31. Does your congregation have an endowment fund? Yes No Not sure Question Title * 32. Would your congregation be interested in learning about congregational endowments and/or legacy giving? Yes No Question Title * 33. 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 * 34. Is there anyone in your congregation who is discerning, or should be discerning, a call to ordained ministry? No Yes If yes, please provide name(s) and contact information Question Title * 35. 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 * 36. 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 for our Youth and Family Director to contact Question Title * 37. 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 * 38. Are you interested in participating in a Faith Formation Festival?(This is a day-long educational conference geared toward Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, catechists, parents and pastors.) No Yes If yes, please list name(s) and contact information Question Title * 39. Is your congregation involved with or support any of the following types of ministries? If so, please provide ministry names. Check all that apply Local ministry Domestic ministry Global ministry An NALC mission start None of the above (Skip to Q. 42) Question Title * 40. 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 * 41. 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 * 42. 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 * 43. 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 * 44. If you are currently planting a mission start, are you partnering with another congregation? Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 45. 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 * 46. Does your congregation have a website? Yes No Question Title * 47. Do the NALC daily readings feed into your congregation's website or Facebook page? Check all that apply Website Facebook Neither Question Title * 48. Would you like the daily readings to be connected to your website or do you need help with your website? No Yes If yes, please provide a name and contact information Question Title * 49. What is your greatest ongoing communications need? Choose only one Advertising Social media Sunday morning bulletins Sunday morning technology (worship slides, recording, livestreaming, etc.) Web Meeting platforms Digital discipleship tools Digital prayer and worship resources Other (please specify) Question Title * 50. Does your congregation use social media? Check all that apply Facebook Instagram Twitter We do not use social media. Other (please specify) Question Title * 51. Does your congregation have someone responsible for communications? No Yes If yes, please list name, contact information, volunteer/contract/staff Question Title * 52. 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. 54) Question Title * 53. If you have any programs mentioned in Q. 52, list the point of contact for each age group: name(s) and contact information Question Title * 54. Have you used the NALC Life-to-Life Discipleship Experience manual in your congregation? Yes No (Skip to Q. 56) No, but we would like more information. Please provide name and contact information Question Title * 55. If yes, briefly describe your involvement with the Life-to-Life Discipleship Experience manual. Question Title * 56. Do you have any additional comments or questions for the NALC staff? Question Title * 57. Name, position, email and phone number of person completing this report Question Title * 58. Would you like a pdf copy of this report sent to the email address provided in question 57? Yes (please allow 20 business days from your date of submission) No Question Title * 59. Is this report complete? Yes No Submit
