CONFIDENTIAL View from the Pew PERSONAL Financial and Generosity Survey

This survey is 100% CONFIDENTIAL. When the survey is completed you will be given access to FREE GIFTS to show our appreciation for your participation ($80+ value) - - including the Executive Summary of the survey when we release the results.

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* 1. What is your age?

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* 2. What is the approximate range of your annual HOUSEHOLD income? (Leave blank, if desired)

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* 3. What is your household's PRIMARY SOURCE(S) of income to meet your daily needs? (Check all that apply for you - - and a spouse, if married)

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* 4. What has happened to your OVERALL INCOME in the past 12 months compared to the year before?

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* 5. Has anyone's job in your immediate household been impacted negatively by the economy?

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* 6. When you think about the people you know in your local church, please check any of the following financial problems you know church families have experienced in the last 12 months...

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* 7. Which of the following items are part of your current debts (check all that apply)?

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* 8. How much money do you estimate it would take for you to be able to pay off ALL your debts checked in question 7 (but NOT including or counting a house mortgage)?

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* 9. National research indicates that most people give 2-3% of their household income to charitable and religious organizations and causes. What do you estimate is the % of income you give annually?

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* 10. IF you regularly give 10% or more of your income to the Lord's work, how old were you when you FIRST started this practice?

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* 11. Do you currently have a legally binding will or estate plan?

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* 12. Click an any of the following financial/generosity ministry resources that have been used/offered at your church...

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* 13. Which of the following people, authors, or ministries have influenced your BIBLICAL understanding of how to manage your personal finances and giving (click ALL that apply)?

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* 14. In the last 12 months, how often have you financially supported any of the following...?

  Not at all 1-4 x's per month Several times per year One-time gifts
Church general offerings
Church building projects
Church missions giving/projects
Church benevolence programs
Special gift for Pastor(s)/Staff

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* 15. Beyond your giving to your local church, where are other places or people you've given money to the past 12 months?

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* 16. When you consider the total amount of financial donations you gave in the last 12 months, which of the following statements is true when you compare all the monies you gave to your church (e.g. general and designated gifts) VS. giving outside of your church (e.g. ministries, missionaries, organizations, etc.)?

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* 17. Which of the following ways have you used to give financially to the Lord's work (check ALL that apply)?

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* 18. In the new federal budget the government is looking at changing the rules regarding charitable deductions. If your charitable tax deduction were significantly reduced or eliminated, what impact do you feel this would have on your personal giving practices to your church, ministries, and/or other charities?

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* 19. Some people attribute regular Bible reading/devotions as an encouragement to wise financial decision making and generous giving. In the past 12 months, how often do you estimate you did Bible reading/devotions at home?

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* 20. This is a 100% CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY. Please provide the following information so we will know what country you are from and so we can email you the results of the survey and the Executive Summary when it is completed.

Thank you for your valuable assistance.

Once you complete this survey and hit SUBMIT, you will be taken to a webpage so you can receive your FREE thank you gifts for your valuable participation.

When the survey Executive Summaries are completed we will send you your free copies.

If you haven't filled out the CHURCH SURVEY, we invite you to forward the www.kluth.org/survey2011.htm webpage to your church pastor, staff, or a leader that could fill out the survey for your church.

Gratefully yours,
BRIAN KLUTH, Founder of www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org
MATT BRANAUGH, Director of Editorial, Christianity Today International’s Church Management Team
DAN BUSBY, President of Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability in Washington D.C.
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