Church Life Survey NZ

A group is typically a denomination of movement of churches that are affiliated. A group may be national or regional.

The minimum is 2. There is no maximum

From now until early November.

If your church is part of a group, ensure the group is registered first.
If your church is independent, you may register.

If your church is part of a group, the group will be invoiced at the end of the month your church registers
If your church is independent, at the end of the month you register.

As many ways as you’re able to, for example:

• weekly newsletters – online or hard copy
• your church social media
• in-person or video promotion at a weekend service
• wall posters at your church building
• flyers with QR code or weblink handed to people on their way out of the service

We will provide each registered church a Survey Pack with helpful promotional resources to use if you want to

Three ways:

• Smartphone – your church will have a QR code
• Laptop or computer – your church will have a weblink
• Hardcopy – your church will have a unique code

Once your church registration is confirmed we will email you an online Survey Pack. This includes your QR code and weblink along with downloadable PDFs for you to print paper copies.

We know people are time-poor. However, this opportunity for church attenders to share information about themselves and their opinions only comes round every 5 years. It’s an opportunity for them to provide constructive feedback on your church life, your leadership, your community and their faith. Pitched well, to attenders who are invested in your church, many people will make time.

All survey questions are pretty simple to answer so people will feel like they are moving through it quickly.

No, all survey questions are optional. However, we expect most people will answer all or the vast majority of questions.

This is a census-style survey. All the questions are pretty easy to answer, no open-ended questions, and we all want to maximise participation in our churches

The survey question is:

What is your gender?
a. Female
b. Male
c. Other

Option c doesn't align with traditional Biblical teaching. However, it is inclusive and matches the recent NZ Census, allowing for direct comparison. It will be of interest to church leaders to know how many self-select this option.

Yes, the survey is available in Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Fijian, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Tamil, Spanish, Cebuano. Online, people will select their language before they start the survey. On paper, we will provide local churches with downloadable PDFs of the survey in each language for printing.

Surveys completed online are automatically uploaded to our database.

Surveys completed via pen & paper need to be manually entered to our database.
Your church can do that, or our team can do it for $2 per survey.

Surveys completed online are automatically uploaded to our database.
No identification such as name, email or address is requested.

Church results are accessed via a unique code given only to the person registering that church.
This person has no access to any personal identification information.

Immediately!

Using your church unique code, the person registering your church will be able to access results. We’ll provide a simple guide to help interpret the results.

By late 2023 you will be benchmarked against your group's aggregated responses.