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COMMUNITY SURVEY

After the In-Church Survey has been conducted, consider surveying families living in the

geographical area the church calls its field.

The Community Survey has several useful purposes: (1) it provides an opportunity to publicize

the church and meet new people, (2) it communicates the church’s interest in people and

community needs, (3) it secures names of people with ministry needs.

Prepare for the Community Survey

Leaders should meet and discuss the areas to be surveyed. For the purpose of this survey, an area

may include the people living on both sides of a street between intersections. A survey team of

church members should be enlisted to conduct the Community Survey. If at all possible, enlist

church members who are willing to survey the families near them. If a sufficient number of

canvassers cannot be enlisted, an alternate to surveying every family would be to contact

someone in each area who has lived there long enough to know personally the people in that area

and get the information from them.

Conduct the In-Church Survey

When conducting the Community Survey, canvassers should tell people being questioned about

the two or three major concerns that some church members expressed through the In-Church

Survey. Explain that this effort is to find out if those needs actually exist in the community. If

they exist, the church is seriously considering beginning some ministries to meet those needs.

Ask, “Is there anyone living in your household or in this area who could benefit from these

ministries?” This does not commit the person to the potential ministry, but it does serve as an

initial contact. Then ask, “Do you know of other needs that our church should consider

meeting?”

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