Survey Says………..

As our church looks to the future to see what all God has in store for us, one of the things that became apparent to me was the need to better understand who we are. Exactly who is Legacy? What are our values? What are the perceived strengths and weaknesses? What ideas are currently flowing within the congregation?

I would love to have the time to sit down with each person who is a part of Legacy and listen to the answers to those questions. Unfortunately, there just isn’t the time to be able to do that. We’re doing the next best thing by surveying the congregation over a series of weeks in June and July. Each week those in attendance are asked to fill out a short questionnaire that has new questions. Those who aren’t present have the chance to do so online, if they are on our E-newsletter list. (Want on the E-newsletter list? Shoot me an email and I can hook you up.)

I’ve been perusing the feedback we’ve received so far. Here are some of the insights I’ve gained from our first week’s questions. (If you want to take the survey or see the questions click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DLL5FCG

Here are some of the things I noticed:

• About 30% of those actively involved in the life of the church filled out the survey either on Sunday or online. Though I’m hoping future responses will be higher I think this gives us a good place to start.
• About 20% of those who responded have been a part of Legacy for 3 years or less. If you know Legacy’s history, we merged two churches 3 1/2 years ago, which means a growing portion of our church family knows us only as “Legacy.”
• Not surprisingly, we come from a variety of flavors of religious backgrounds. That’s a fact we celebrate and enjoy. It also from time-to-time presents the challenge of arriving at a common ground. The great common denominator is not found in our religious heritage but in the common Savior.

Here’s the top backgrounds cited:

• 26.3% – Catholic
• 18.6% – Disciples of Christ
• 15% – Baptist
• 31.2% – Church of Christ
• 10.2 – Non-denominational

 

• The last question inquired was concerning the level of involvement in each person’s faith compared to five years ago.

              Here’s the chart of that:

Involvement level today compared to 5 years ago

 

• We’re seeing an increased number of people who are actively engaged in the faith which is very encouraging. Their faith is impacting their lives. Especially encouraging is the ones who said five years ago their level of faith involvement was very low compared to today.
• One of the things I also gleaned from these questions was several of those who have been long time members of Legacy feel less involved in their faith today than they did five years ago. Here’s a challenge for us as a church. If you’ve become disengaged in some way, now’s the time to re-engage. God’s not finished with you yet!

I’m excited about what lies ahead for Legacy. These last few months we’ve seen a steady increase of enthusiasm as people step up to the plate to be actively involved in ministry. God has uniquely placed people within the congregation to help fulfill our mission. I wonder what God is going to do next?

 

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