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Effective Parish Assessment

Welcome to the Effective Parish Assessment

This assessment will take 30 minutes to complete. So please reserve that amount of time when starting the survey. We thank you in advance for your participation.
1.Please select the parish that you are assessing:(Required.)
2.Please select your jurisdiction(Required.)
3.In what state is your parish located?(Required.)
4.In what city is your parish located?(Required.)
5.What is the full name of your parish?(Required.)
6.We have a strategic plan covering the next 3 to 5 years.(Required.)
7.We create annual operational goals for each year.(Required.)
8.We have recently asked all our parishioners about what else they need or want from our Parish.(Required.)
9.The decisions and actions of our leaders align with our Parish’s goals.(Required.)
10.We regularly report to our parishioners on the progress toward achieving our Parish’s goals.(Required.)
11.The majority of our leaders actively participate in worship services, ministries, and Parish activities.(Required.)
12.Our leaders are effective in mentoring and coaching others.(Required.)
13.Our leaders are effective in resolving our Parish issues.(Required.)
14.Our Ministry teams generally perform well.(Required.)
15.Our Parish Council is an effective leadership team.(Required.)
16.All Parish operating expenses are covered by our direct stewardship donations.(Required.)
17.We emphasize tithing or percentage giving.(Required.)
18.We have an effective year-round stewardship campaign and giving program.(Required.)
19.We have an effective program for parishioners to include our Parish in their Wills and Estate Plans.(Required.)
20.We donate at least 5% of our Parish income to charities in our community.(Required.)
21.A majority of our parishioners regularly attend worship services.(Required.)
22.We have a variety of effective spiritual educational programs that reach our Parish’s different demographics.(Required.)
23.We have an effective Outreach Ministry.(Required.)
24.We have an effective Evangelism Ministry.(Required.)
25.We have an effective Welcoming Ministry.(Required.)
26.Our Ministries conduct an annual “needs analysis” of the people they serve.(Required.)
27.Our Ministries are well-managed.(Required.)
28.We effectively recruit parishioners to actively engage in our Ministries.(Required.)
29.Our Ministries have a “good bench” of volunteer leaders.(Required.)
30.We have effective Ministries that engage our youth and young adults.(Required.)
31.We have effective communications and technologies strategies.(Required.)
32.Our facilities adequately meet the needs of our parishioners.(Required.)
33.We operate with financial excellence, accountability, and transparency.(Required.)
34.We have effective emergency, safety, and security procedures.(Required.)
35.Our administrative staff are well managed.(Required.)
36.We have, or are currently developing, a Strategic Plan to address our biggest issues and needs.(Required.)
37.We had a previous Strategic Plan.(Required.)
38.We achieved most of the Strategic Goals from our previous Strategic Plan.(Required.)
39.When we did our Strategic Planning, we asked all our parishioners to help identify our biggest weaknesses and areas for improvement.(Required.)
40.Our parishioners know our Mission.(Required.)
41.Our parishioners know our Core Values.(Required.)
42.We have researched best practices to determine how to address our biggest weaknesses and areas for improvement.(Required.)
43.We create annual operational plans and goals.(Required.)
44.Our Parish annual operational plans and goals address our most important challenges.(Required.)
45.Our Ministries are engaged in the annual operational planning process.(Required.)
46.Parishioners are asked to help identify our annual plans and goals.(Required.)
47.Our Ministries each have their own annual operational plans and goals.(Required.)
48.We regularly report to our parishioners our specific progress at achieving our annual operational plans and goals.(Required.)
49.We have recently asked all of our parishioners about what else they need or want from our Parish.(Required.)
50.All parishioners were invited to provide their input as part of our Strategic Planning process.(Required.)
51.We had good parishioner participation in developing our Strategic Plan.(Required.)
52.The parishioners who developed our Strategic Plan adequately represented the diversity of our parishioners.(Required.)
53.Our young adults under the age of 30 participated in the Strategic Planning process.(Required.)
54.Our leadership decisions and actions align with both our annual operational plans and goals and our Strategic Plan.(Required.)
55.We have an effective process to achieve our annual operational plans and goals.(Required.)
56.We have an effective process to achieve our Strategic Plan Goals.(Required.)
57.Our Parish Council is actively engaged in ensuring that we achieve our annual operational plans and goals and our Strategic Plan Goals.(Required.)
58.Our annual operational plans and goals and Strategic Plan Goals have specific metrics to allow us to meaningfully measure our success.(Required.)
59.Our annual operational plans and goals have measurably improved our Parish.(Required.)
60.Our Strategic Plan has measurably improved our Parish.(Required.)
61.We regularly update our parishioners at least quarterly on our progress in achieving our annual operational plans and goals.(Required.)
62.We regularly update our parishioners at least quarterly on our progress in achieving our Strategic Plan Goals.(Required.)
63.Our parishioners have a generally positive impression of our Strategic Plan.(Required.)
64.Our leaders regularly participate in our worship services.(Required.)
65.Our leaders encourage others to participate in our worship services.(Required.)
66.Our leaders encourage parishioners to volunteer in our Ministries.(Required.)
67.Our leaders are effective in serving the needs of our parishioners.(Required.)
68.Our leaders are ethical and trustworthy.(Required.)
69.Our leaders have the necessary skills to fulfill their Parish leadership role.(Required.)
70.Our leaders communicate effectively and with clarity.(Required.)
71.Our leaders keep their leadership commitments.(Required.)
72.Our leaders listen to other parishioners.(Required.)
73.Our leaders seek to develop others for leadership positions.(Required.)
74.Our leaders learn from mistakes.(Required.)
75.Our leaders celebrate the successes of others.(Required.)
76.Our leaders seek to objectively resolve differences with others.(Required.)
77.Our leaders effectively address difficult situations.(Required.)
78.Our leaders seek to understand the perspectives of others.(Required.)
79.Our leaders welcome differing views as an opportunity to learn.(Required.)
80.Our leaders share unpopular viewpoints in a professional manner.(Required.)
81.Our leaders work to reach consensus decisions.(Required.)
82.Our leaders honor the commitments they make to resolve conflicts.(Required.)
83.Our leadership teams are made up of people with diverse skills and backgrounds.(Required.)
84.Our leaders support our Parish activities led by others.(Required.)
85.Our leaders empower team members to complete their work.(Required.)
86.Our leaders share responsibilities with other parishioners.(Required.)
87.Our leaders celebrate the contributions of other team members.(Required.)
88.Our Parish Council encourages both positive and negative input.(Required.)
89.Our Parish Council works effectively with our Priest(s).(Required.)
90.Our Parish Council works effectively to ensure our Parish achieves its vision.(Required.)
91.The Parish Council members represent the diversity of our parishioners.(Required.)
92.Our Parish Council manages finances responsibly and effectively.(Required.)
93.Our Parish Council represents our Parish effectively in our outside community.(Required.)
94.We encourage our stewards to tithe (give 10%) or at least give a percent of their income to our Parish.(Required.)
95.We do not depend on food festivals, rentals, and other fundraisers to cover our operating expenses.(Required.)
96.Our total stewardship contributions have been growing each year.(Required.)
97.At least 75% of our operating budget is funded by our direct stewardship contributions.(Required.)
98.We never encourage giving a “recommended pledge,” or “dues” amount.(Required.)
99.We are not overly dependent on a few large contributing financial stewards.(Required.)
100.At least 75% of our parishioners are contributing financial stewards.(Required.)
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