Help for Congregations
Research Strategies for Congregations
Updated March 2007
This information packet helps congregations study who they are as a congregation and learn more about their local community using qualitative and quantitative information-gathering exercises that are involving, participatory in nature, and easy to use. This information packet contains detailed instructions for the following strategies:
- Three-By-Five Card Surveys
- Ten-Minute Interviews
- Wall of Wonder
- Mapping Member Networks
- In-Home Meetings
- Congregational Surveys
- Conducting a Mail Survey
- Door-to-Door Canvas
- Interviewing Community Leaders
- Presentations by Key Leaders
- Web Sites for Congregations
- Research Web Pages
- Building a Planning Committee
- Other Resources Available from Research Services
- Putting It All Together
- Stories from Congregations
- Bibliography
Ordering information for hardcopy version
To order any of the resources or for information about conducting Church Home Improvement Projects, call (800) 728-7228, x2040 or send us an email.
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