Church leaders survey

We're helping ministries understand and connect with Christians and church communities. Thank you for sharing your opinion on the use of the Bible in evangelism and discipleship. The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete.

To say thank you, if you take part in the survey we will enter you into a prize draw for the chance to win £500 cash for a church (or charity) of your choice. Simply take the survey and add your email address when prompted to enter the prize draw (full terms and conditions below).

Part 1: about you

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* 1. What is your age?

17 or younger

18-20

21-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60 or older

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* 2. What is your sex?

Male

Female

Prefer not to say

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* 3. What is the name of your church?

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* 4. What is your role at your church?

Part 2: about your church

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* 5. What is the denomination of your church?

Baptist

Church of England/ Anglican / Episcopal

Evangelical - independent/non-denominational (e.g Co-mission, FIEC, Pioneer, Vineyard, Newfrontiers)

Free Presbyterian

Methodist

Orthodox Christian

Pentecostal (e.g Assemblies of God, Elim Pentecostal Church, New Testament Church of God, Redeemed Christian Church of God)

Presbyterian

Roman Catholic

United Reformed Church

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How long have you been in this role?

Less than a year

1 - 2 years

3 - 5 years

5 - 10 years

10 - 15 years

Over 15 years

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* 7. What is the approximate size of your weekly church congregation?

Less than 25

25 - 49

50 - 74

75 - 99

100 - 149

150 - 199

200 - 299

300 - 399

400 - 499

500 and over

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* 8. Generally, how is your church attendance changing over time?

Declining rapidly

Declining

Staying steady

Growing

Growing rapidly

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* 9. How much focus does your church give to the following:

	Very low	Low	Medium	High	Very high
Praise / music	Praise / music Very low	Praise / music Low	Praise / music Medium	Praise / music High	Praise / music Very high
Prayer	Prayer Very low	Prayer Low	Prayer Medium	Prayer High	Prayer Very high
Bible teaching	Bible teaching Very low	Bible teaching Low	Bible teaching Medium	Bible teaching High	Bible teaching Very high
Social justice	Social justice Very low	Social justice Low	Social justice Medium	Social justice High	Social justice Very high
Nurturing faith / discipleship	Nurturing faith / discipleship Very low	Nurturing faith / discipleship Low	Nurturing faith / discipleship Medium	Nurturing faith / discipleship High	Nurturing faith / discipleship Very high
Evangelism	Evangelism Very low	Evangelism Low	Evangelism Medium	Evangelism High	Evangelism Very high

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* 10. Which is most important for your church right now?

Praise / music

Prayer

Bible teaching

Social justice

Nurturing faith / discipleship

Evangelism

Other (please specify)

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* 11. How does your church use the Bible? Tick all that apply

Read during the service

Taught during the service

Group Bible study

Reading the Bible one to one or in triplets

Ongoing Bible reading courses (e.g. The Bible Course, Road To Emmaus, Scripture Union Bible Reading Guides etc)

Course to help equip people to read the Bible individually, e.g. daily or weekly

Given to others e.g. handed to people beyond the church

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Thinking about all activities that use the Bible in your church do you think you are using the Bible…

...too little

...about the right amount

...too much

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* 13. How would you like to see the Bible used differently in your church?

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* 14. Which of the following evangelism activities has your church congregation engaged in over the last two years? Tick all that apply.

Organise church-based events to share faith

Hosted courses for seekers e.g. Alpha, Christianity Explored etc

Outreach partnerships with local groups, schools, or business

Evangelism training for individuals

Bible or scripture distribution

Direct individual evangelism, e.g. door knocking, street evangelism

Mission trips in the UK or abroad

Local social justice projects, e.g. food banks, debt support etc.

Church planting / revitalisation

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Thinking about all evangelism activities in your church, do you think you are doing…

...too little

...about the right amount

...too much

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* 16. In your opinion, what is the number one barrier to evangelism?

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* 17. What do you think is the role of the Bible in evangelism?

Part 2: about The Word One to One

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* 18. Have you heard of The Word One to One?

Yes

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* 19. From the name alone and whatever knowledge you have, what do you think it is?

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Read The Word One to One website homepage before answer the question below

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* 20. From the website homepage image, what do you think The Word to One is?

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Read a little more information about Word One to One before answering the questions below

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* 21. From reading more information, how useful might this be for your church community?

Not at all useful

A little bit useful

Quite useful

Very useful

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* 22. How many people in your congregation might you expect to be open to using a resource to help them read the Bible with somebody they know?

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* 23. In what setting(s) might you expect to seen The Word One to One used by your church community? Tick all that apply

In church small groups

In public small groups

In public places between individuals

In family devotions

In prisons chaplaincy

None of the above

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* 24. What would stop you using The Word One to One?

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* 25. To what extent do you feel that The Word One to One could complement and strengthen your evangelism activity?

Not at all

A little

A medium amount

Quite a lot

Very much

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* 26. Why did you give that answer?

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* 27. To what extent do you feel that The Word One to One could complement and strengthen your discipleship activity?

Not at all

A little

A medium amount

Quite a lot

Very much

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* 28. Why did you give that answer?

To enter the prize draw please add your name and email address.

To say thank you, if you take part in the survey we will enter you into a prize draw for the chance to win £500 cash for a church (or charity) of your choice. Simply take the survey and add your email address when prompted to enter the prize draw (full terms and conditions below).

Please note, all data from this survey will be managed by Jersey Road PR One for research purposes only and will be removed from their records on completion of the project; the data will not be shared with any other organisation.

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* 29. Name:

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* 30. Email:

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* 31. Would you like to give more of your thoughts and opinion through a video call?

We would like to interview church leaders (about 45 minutes per video interview) to learn more about their experiences so that we may better understand the needs for evangelism in their churches. These interviews are simply to collect information to better inform how we develop The Word One to One and communicate with people.

Each leader we speak to will receive a £50 Amazon gift card in appreciation of their time. (If you do not hear from us, it is likely that the research interviews are oversubscribed.)

Yes

Thank you for taking part on our survey!

Prize draw terms and conditions
1. Completion of Survey is necessary to enter the prize draw.
2. This competition is open to UK church leaders aged 18 years or over.
3. Entries must be received by 23:59 on 31st January 2024 to be considered for the prize draw. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the Promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. Automatically generated entries or entries via agents or third parties are invalid and shall not be considered.
4. Only one entry per person.
5. To enter simply fill in the survey, and submit your answers alongside your full name and email address.
6. The winner will be selected at random after the closing date.
7. The prize is a donation of £500 to a church or charity of the winner’s choice.
8. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right (a) to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and (b) in exceptional circumstances to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into.
9. The winners will be notified via email by the 28th February 2024. The winner must claim their prize within 30 days of the Promoter sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules.
10. To obtain details of the winner please email admin@ahaconsultancy.uk stating the name of the prize draw in the subject heading 4 weeks after the closing date.
11. The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details. By entering this prize draw, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of the administration of this prize draw and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
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