We are interested in understanding the impacts of your church’s participation in the One Parish One Prisoner program. Thank you for taking a few minutes to answer a number of questions about you, your beliefs, and your faith-based practices. All information will be kept confidential and used to help evaluate and improve the program.

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* 1. Are you on your church's OPOP team?

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* 2. Have you participated in any of the following OPOP activities? Please select all that apply.

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* 3. Please answer the following statements about your personal beliefs.

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I understand the ways poverty, race, addiction, trauma, relationships, debt, and driver’s licenses all connect to mass incarceration.
Having RELATIONSHIPS with people in prison is central to following Jesus.
I feel a lot of FEAR when I think about someone releasing from prison into my community.
I feel a lot of COMPASSION when I think about someone releasing from prison into my community.
It is difficult for me to share hard realities about my personal life with my wider congregation.
When there is hurt or conflict in my relationships, I want to address the harm and heal it.
I feel meaningfully connected to my church community.
I have no common ground with someone releasing from prison’s internal struggles.

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* 4. Please answer the following statements about your personal beliefs.

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I need to see remorse before I offer forgiveness.
If someone wrongs me, they need to make it right.
I limit how much I give of myself to other people.

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* 5. Please answer the following statements about your personal beliefs.

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It's hard for me to adjust what I am doing even when I can tell it isn't working as I hoped.
It is hard for me to come up with creative, new solutions that work well for everyone.
I cannot easily change what I'm doing to fit the reality of what's happening around me.
Whenever I have let "real life" influence my plans, the result hasn't been very good.
It is hard for me to give over control and power to others.

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* 6. Please answer the following statements about your personal beliefs.

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Problems in my community are usually caused by a person or small group of people.
Identifying who is at fault is critical for solving the problem.
In most conflicts, there is usually someone who is largely at fault for the problem.
When I disagree with people, I also do not trust any information they share.
I mistrust all information that comes from people I disagree with.

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* 7. In the past 12 months, have you done any of the following? (Select all that apply)

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* 8. How confident are your that this local church can achieve the vision, goals, or direction it has set for itself?

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* 9. What is your age?

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* 10. Which race/ethnicity best describes you? (Please choose only one.)

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* 11. Have you or a loved one ever been incarcerated?

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* 12. Gender: How do you identify?

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* 13. Feel free to leave a comment about the OPOP program that you would like us to hear.

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