The Worship Design Project - Purpose and Agreement to Participate

 
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THE WORSHIP DESIGN PROJECT
Worship Service Planning and Design
A PhD Dissertation Research Survey

Thank you for participating in this survey of music and worship ministries of the highest attended churches (top 500) in the Southern Baptist Convention in the United States. This survey seeks to discern how ministers of music select and sequence the elements of their services of worship. Your participation is part of new and groundbreaking research in the area of worship service planning and design in SBC churches.

All data collected will be used for dissertation research purposes. A list of the highest attended churches (top 500) in the SBC and churches responding to this survey will be included in the dissertation’s appendix; however, data/responses will NOT be linked to specific churches or specific ministers of music in any way. All data and the subsequent analysis will only be reported in the aggregate.

For the purposes of this survey, the following titles and their variations are used interchangeably: Minister of Music, Minister of Music and Worship, Worship Pastor, and Worship/Creative Arts Pastor.

This survey assumes that the minister of music is the person who has the most influence on worship service planning, ordering and design (other than the senior pastor). To standardize the data sources, I respectfully request that only the senior minister of music complete this survey. If you are not the person who has the most influence on worship planning (other than your pastor), please forward the preceding email to the person who would best fit that description.

Thank you so much for your participation. It is my prayer that the results of this survey will edify and encourage ministers of music across the SBC, an organization that I love and am thankful to serve. May God bless and use the data collected to strengthen his church and to empower an ever-deepening expression of worship by his people.

In Christ,

Chuck Lewis
PhD Candidate in Christian Worship, Department of Biblical Worship
Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Ministry
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville, Kentucky

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* 1. Agreement to Participate

The research in which you are about to participate is designed to identify factors that influence how the elements of a worship service are chosen and sequenced in Southern Baptist Churches. This survey is being conducted by Chuck Lewis for purposes of dissertation research. In this survey, you will be asked to answer questions relating to how you plan your worship services, how you select worship elements, and how you sequence the elements of your worship service. The specific source of the information you provide will be held strictly confidential. At no time will your name be reported or your name/church name identified with your responses. Participation in this study is totally voluntary, and you are free to withdraw from the study at any time.

By your completion of this survey, you are giving informed consent for the use of your responses in this research.

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* 2. Are you the person who most influences worship service planning, ordering and design (other than your senior pastor)?

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* 3. Please confirm that your church is a Southern Baptist or Southern Baptist affiliated church.

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