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This congregational assessment from Holy Cow Consulting provides benchmark data to inform decisions about identity, clergy search, strategic planning or a financial campaign.

Offerings

online survey, Vital Signs Report, data interpretation

Best For

all congregations

Cost

fee based on worship attendance, additional fee for interpretation

Suggested Uses

  • Understand your members’ level of satisfaction by taking the assessment and comparing results with benchmark data.
  • Prepare to hire a clergyperson by taking the assessment and using findings to write a job description and congregation profile.

Updated: May 22, 2023
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Congregational Vitality, Leadership, Assessment, Assessment Tool, Assessment Tools, Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Survey, Surveys
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About the Contributor

Contributor
Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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