Development & Stewardship Survey

Thank you for taking the time to answer the following questions. Your answers will help us better support you and begin to develop best practices and other helpful resources for the ongoing work of development and stewardship across the diocese.

Your Name*

Your Church*

Development

The following questions relate to capital campaign projects at your church.

Have you run a capital campaign in the past five years?*

Yes
No

If so, how much did you raise?

What capital projects did the campaign fund?

Who ran the campaign (e.g., in house or an outside firm). If it was an outside firm, please provide the name.

If you used an outside firm, please rate how satisfied you were with the firm.

Extremely
Very
Somewhat
Not at all

What worked well for the campaign?

What didn't work well?

Are you hoping to run a campaign in the next two years?*

Yes
No

If you have plans to run a campaign in the next two years, what support would you like from the diocesan Development & Stewardship team?

Stewardship

The following questions relate to stewardship efforts within your church.

How do you raise money for your church operations?*

Annual pledges, following a stewardship campaign
Annual pledges, with no stewardship campaign
Plate offerings

If you run an annual stewardship campaign, please answer the following questions:

How long is your campaign?

Do you use a specific methodology, e.g., LaFond's Fearless Fundraising, Greene's Stewardship System, or Miller's New Consecration Sunday?

Who runs your stewardship campaign, e.g., vestry member(s) or other lay leader(s), clergy?

What works well for your annual stewardship campaigns?

What has not worked well for your annual stewardship campaigns?

What stewardship support would you like from the diocesan Development & Stewardship team?

Parish Operations

How do you gather donations and/or pledge payments at your church?*

Offering plate
Electronic funds transfer
Website
Text
DipJars

Are you using church management software, e.g., Realm, PowerChurch? If so, please name.*

Would you be interested in implementing church management software or upgrading your existing software if the diocese were able to offer discounted options?*

Yes
No
Maybe

If you answered yes above, what functionality would interest you?

Financial accounting
Pledge tracking
Membership tracking
Event registration
Group (e.g., ministry) management

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Mike O2024-03-28T11:22:53-06:00
Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, April 3

Message from Bishop Kym: Wednesday, April 3