Role of the Session - Stewardship Assessment Survey

Church Financial Campaign Service Stewardship Assessment Survey | Role of the Session

This assessment consists of 11 questions. Please indicate the response that most closely fits your church’s current policies and procedures regarding annual stewardship practices.
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* 1. Church Name

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* 2. City

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* 3. State

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* 4. Name of person completing survey

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* 5. Email

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* 6. Please indicate who helped complete this questionnaire (check all that apply).

Installed Pastor

Interim Pastor

Stewardship or financial committee chairperson

Current officer

Member

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Does the Session set financial priorities for church committees about mission, ministry and program?

Session relies on committees to work out priorities and submit budget requests

Session provides committees with guidelines and direction and asks committees to submit budget requests

Session sets goals for stewardship campaign and priorities for funding each area of ministry and outreach

No direction provided

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* 8. How often are biblical/theological reflections about money/possessions a part of the regular Session meeting?

Not at all

Seldom

Occasionally

Regularly

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* 9. What is your congregation’s budget development process?

Usually an individual prepares the budget using percentage “add-ons” from the previous year’s budget

Usually a budget with percentage “add-ons” from the previous year is prepared and is discussed in committee and brought to Session

A “zero based” budget is developed where each committee submits a budget based on predetermined Session priorities

We do not prepare budgets

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* 10. How often is member giving dealt with as part of Session meetings?

Not at all

Seldom

Occasionally

Regularly

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* 11. Does your Session appoint a committee to handle the congregation’s annual stewardship efforts?

The session names a stewardship chairperson in a proscribed manner

A stewardship-like committee exists, but it deals mostly with budget matters

A stewardship committee exists that deals with member giving

No such committee exists