Role of the Pastor - Stewardship Assessment Survey

Church Campaign Service Stewardship Assessment Survey | Role of the Pastor

This assessment consists of 12 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. How often does your pastor or an ordained staff member participate in meetings of the Stewardship Committee or other committee that deals with stewardship issues?

Not at all / Don't know

Seldom (about once per year)

Occasionally (50% of meetings)

Regularly attends all meetings

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* 8. When ordained staff attends Stewardship Committee meetings, what is his/her role?

Leads biblical/theological reflection and brings Session directives to the committee

Serves as resource person and brings Session’s directives to the committee

Serves as resource person or moderator only

Is only an observer / Does not participate

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* 9. How often does your pastor preach about the theology of stewardship and possessions?

Not at all

Seldom (once or twice per year)

Occasionally (three to four times per year)

Regularly (many sermons have a stewardship focus)

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* 10. Do the pastor’s sermons on stewardship make a connection between possessions and member giving?

The connection is made very clearly

Generally

Vaguely

Not at all

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* 11. When church committees are developing their plans for the following year, how does the pastor or ordained staff participate in these meetings?

Directly involved as part of planning teams or committees

Directly involved and helps interpret rationale for decisions at Session meetings

Attends meetings but not actively involved with decision making

Not at all / Don't know

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* 12. To the best of your knowledge, does your pastor know which members pledge or give financially to the annual stewardship program?

This information is not given to the pastor

The pastor does not want to see this information

Pastor knows who pledges or gives but not the amount

Yes, pastor knows who gives and knows the frequency and amount