Disciple Making Culture

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Your Name(Required)

Your Role(Required)

Your Email(Required)

Church or Organization Name(Required)

Church Location(Required)

City State / Province / Region Country

What is your current average weekly worship attendance, including all ages from babies to adults (and not counting anyone twice)?(Required)

What was your average weekly worship attendance 3 years ago, including all ages from babies to adults (and not counting anyone twice)?(Required)

If your church is less than 3 years old, use your average attendance approximately 3 months after launch.

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Growth Rate

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Core Context

What is your annual operating budget?(Required)

$0 to $10,000

$10,000 to $100,000

$100,000 to $500,000

$500,000 to $1,000,000

$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

$5,000,000 to $10,000,000

$10,000,000+

What is your current staffing level in "full-time equivalents" (FTEs)?(Required)

0 to 1

2 to 4

5 to 10

11 to 14

15+

In calculating FTEs, one full-time staff, two half-time staff or four quarter-time staff would all equal one full-time equivalent staff (i.e. 1 FTE).

Compared with the previous year (ending 12 months ago), your total offerings during the last 12 months were:(Required)

Above previous year

Below previous year

About the same

Approximately what % higher?(Required)

5%+

Approximately what % lower?(Required)

5%+

How does your current paid staffing level in FTE compare to one year ago? NOTE: If you have no paid staff, then use unpaid core leaders for this question instead.(Required)

Above one year ago

Below one year ago

About the same

In calculating FTE, one full-time staff, two half-time staff or four quarter-time staff would all equal one full-time equivalent staff (i.e. 1 FTE).

During the coming year, how do you expect your paid FTE staffing level to change? NOTE: If you have no paid staff, then use unpaid core leaders for this question instead.(Required)

Increase in the coming year

Decrease in the coming year

Stay about the same

In calculating FTE, one full-time staff, two half-time staff or four quarter-time staff would all equal one full-time equivalent staff (i.e. 1 FTE).

Which statement best describes your current year budget compared with last year's budget?(Required)

more than 3% higher than last year

more than 3% lower than last year

within 3% of last year

In the past year (12 months), how many people have indicated a new commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior (e.g. Baptism, confession of faith for first time, etc.) through your church? Be as accurate as possible being careful not to inflate the number.(Required)

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Conversion Rate

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CR1

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CR2

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CR3

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CR4

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Conversion Rate Adjustment

Choose all that apply to your church during the past 12 months.(Required)

Conducted one or more short-term mission trips

Sent out long-term (ten or more weeks) missionaries from your church

Prayed at least once a month for missionaries as a church

Prayed at least once a month for a specific mission field or people group as a church

Started at least one new multisite location (not autonomous plants)

Participated in helping start new autonomous churches

None of the above

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Core Adjustment

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CC2

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CC8

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CC4

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CC7

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CC1

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CC3

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CC6

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Core Level

The following questions are on the topic of disciple-making. Its important to answer these questions using this definition of disciple-making: People intentionally entering into relationships to help others follow Jesus, become more like Jesus, and join the mission of Jesus. Disciple-making includes the whole process from conversion through maturation and multiplication, which is making disciples who in turn make other disciples.

Approximately what percent of your congregation engages in disciple-making on a regular, consistent basis beyond their own family members?(Required)

Very few

1 to 5%

6 to 9%

10 to 24%

25 to 49%

50 to 74%

75% to 89%

90% or more

Think about how you spend your time as a pastor. About what percentage of your time is spent on administrative meetings and tasks during a typical week?(Required)

0 to 20%

21 to 40%

41 to 60%

61 to 80%

81 to 100%

About what percentage of your time is spent on sermons and sermon preparations during a typical week?(Required)

0 to 20%

21 to 40%

41 to 60%

61 to 80%

81 to 100%

About what percentage of your time is spent on pastoral care during a typical week?(Required)

0 to 20%

21 to 40%

41 to 60%

61 to 80%

81 to 100%

About what percentage of your time is spent on personally discipling individuals during a typical week?(Required)

0 to 5%

6 to 10%

11 to 20%

21 to 40%

greater than 40%

About what percentage of your time is spent on personally equipping people to make disciple-makers of others during a typical week?(Required)

0 to 5%

6 to 10%

11 to 20%

21 to 40%

greater than 40%

My church has a simple, reproducible model to equip our members to make disciples, who make disciples, who make other disciples(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

My church has a framework or metric for measuring our success at making disciples, who make disciples, who make other disciples(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

How often, if at all, do the disciple-making efforts of your church produce leaders who are sent to plant new churches?(Required)

Multiple times per year

Every one to two years

Less often than every 2 years

This has not happened at all

About how many people, including yourself, staff, and key lay leaders, do you consider to be the core leaders of your church?(Required)

Approximately what percentage of the core leaders in your church feel their single most important role as a leader is to coach and equip people to make disciples, who make disciples, who make other disciples?(Required)

0 to 25%

26 to 49%

50 to 74%

75 to 90%

greater than 90%

Think about the major church-related decisions your core leadership makes. About what percentage of those decisions are made with the impact on your church’s disciple-making as the primary decision factor?(Required)

0 to 25%

26 to 49%

50 to 74%

75 to 90%

greater than 90%

How frequently, if at all, do the core leaders in your church set aside time as a group to fast and pray specifically for reaching lost people in your community?(Required)

More than once per week

Weekly

Monthly

Less than monthly

Rarely or never

About how often do you hear stories from your core leaders about a lost person they have helped lead to a commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior, who is now actively engaged in reaching others?(Required)

More than once per week

Weekly

Monthly

Less than monthly

Rarely or never

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Level 4 and 5 Adjustment Points

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Level 4 Check

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Level 5 Check

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Final Level Check 1

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Final Level Check 2

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Final Level Check 3

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Disciple Making Level

Jesus-style of relational disciple making is the core mission for the church and shapes nearly everything we do.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our leaders set the example and model Jesus-style of disciple making in every activity of the church.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our core leaders spend at least 20% of their time and intentionality outside of Sunday gatherings, not just on making disciples, but on making disciple makers (of lay leaders).(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

We have a culture where every church decision is filtered through the question: “how will this help us make disciples like Jesus?”(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

There is a joyful, urgent expectancy that every disciple must become a disciple maker.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

We have a simple and reproducible disciple-making model that every leader is taught and seeks to practice in their own lives.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Praying and fasting are top priorities within our church for God to empower urgency and favor in disciple-making (which includes evangelism). Prayer and fasting are entrenched in our church culture with our leaders participating a couple of times each week (intensified in special seasons).(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Within our church culture, it is clear that we expect everyone to be a disciple, growing in the fullness of Jesus, and becoming a disciple maker investing in others.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Within our church culture, the primary motivation for mobilization expanding disciple making rather than volunteerism to fill service roles.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Within our church culture, almost everyone who becomes part of our church family becomes mobilized to make disciples and plant churches.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our members are challenged proactively and regularly (including from the main stage) to embrace disciple making as a lifestyle and normal rhythm of life.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our leaders and members believe they are part of a disciple making culture.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, and / or other core governing documents specifically put priority on disciple making as a core mission and strategy of the church.(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Our web site has strong visibility and priority on disciple making (i.e. anyone visiting our web site would know that we are committed to Jesus-style of disciple making).(Required)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

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Cross Check Score

Year Church Started(Required)

Website

Network / Denominational Affiliation(Required)

e.g. Baptist, Acts 29, Stadia, New Thing, Wesleyan, etc.

Number of Weekly Services / Gatherings(Required)

Number of Locations, Sites, and Campuses(Required)

Church Location / Context(Required)

Suburban

Urban

Rural

Collegiate

Other

Church Staffing Model(Required)

Paid Staff

Bivocational

Missionary (including collegiate)

Other

Which of the following race or ethnicities make up 25% or more of the people participating in your church? Select all that are greater than 25%(Required)

African American

Asian

Hispanic or Latino

Native American

White

Other

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