2011 national church life survey feedback
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2011 National Church Life Survey feedback
Each church’s Survey results will be
presented in their unique Church
Life Profile and are organised so as
to highlight the church’s vitality
Churches’ vitality is measured
through the 9 Core Qualities of
church life developed by NCLS
Research over 20 years of survey
and analysis of Australian churches
The NCLS model of
church vitality is built
on nine Core Qualities
of church life… and
three Attendance
Measures that are
shaped by them.
2011 National Church Life Survey feedback
The Nine Core Qualities of Church Life
Internal Core Qualities About the inner life of the community of faith
Inspirational Core Qualities About leadership and direction in the church
Outward Core Qualities About how the church focuses beyond itself
9 Core Qualities all contribute to church vitality
An Alive and Growing Faith
Vital and Nurturing Worship
Strong and Growing Belonging
Clear and Owned Vision
Inspiring and Empowering Leadership
Imaginative and Flexible Innovation
Practical and Diverse Service
Willing and Effective Faith-sharing
Intentional and Welcoming Inclusion
Church health & vitality
Church health & vitality
An Alive and Growing FaithProvides measures of attenders’ growth in faith, faith commitment, their relationship with God, private devotional practices, etc.
Vital and Nurturing Worship Measures attenders experience of the Worship Services. Do they find them inspiring – joyful – challenging – spiritually strengthening and so on?
Strong and Growing BelongingMeasures attenders’ sense of belonging in this church; the levels of friendliness and support they experience; their own level of participation, etc.
The Internal Core Qualities
The Internal Core Qualities focus on the inner life of the community of faith, providing shape and energy to other Core Qualities:
Clear and Owned VisionMeasures attenders’ awareness and commitment to the church’s vision and directions and their perception of how achievable the goals are.
Inspiring and Empowering LeadershipMeasures attenders’ perception of the extent to which a culture of empowering leadership is in the church and their levels of participation in it
Imaginative and Flexible InnovationMeasures attenders’ openness to new ways and their perception of this
church’s openness to new things.
The Inspirational Core Qualities
These qualities relate to leadership and direction. They are the major catalysts for churches to move forward.
Practical and Diverse ServiceMeasures the help attenders give to others, and their level of involvement in the church’s welfare programs and community service organisations
Willing and Effective Faith-sharingMeasures the willingness of attenders to share their faith, be involved in evangelistic programs and to invite people to come to this church
Intentional and Welcoming InclusionMeasure the willingness of attenders to seek out and welcome new arrivals and to follow up those they see drifting away from church life.
The Outward Core Qualities
These qualities are about how churches focus beyond themselves by reaching out to others.
Young adult retention – measures the extent to which this church retains its young adults.
Newcomers – measures the proportion of attenders who are newcomers to this church or even newcomers to church life.
Attendance change – reports attendance change at this church and records Inflow and Outflow.
Attendance Measures – an outcome of church vitality
Core Qualities are linked to outcomes…
The key measures of a church’s Core Qualities are placed in the context of those for all participating churches throughout Australia and is scored from 1 to 10 where 5 is the score for most churches.
Summary Scores – an overview of results
The inside back cover of
your Church Life Profile
shows how NCLS converts a
church’s survey results into
a Summary Score. This
score is then used to show
the church’s relative strength
in each of the nine Core
Qualities and how the
church has grown or
declined in these qualities
over time …
Summary Scores – an overview of results
… These Summary Scores
are then presented
graphically to show each
church their ‘Circle of
Strengths’ and their
Change over Time chart so
the church can
immediately begin to
contemplate some ‘broad
brush’ planning.
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