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All Participants |
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Has a Lay Board been established in your local church? |
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Yes |
84.4% |
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No |
15.6% |
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N |
147 |
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Does your local church have regular Lay meetings? |
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Yes |
60.3% |
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No |
39.7% |
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N |
141 |
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Are there young adults represented on your local Lay board? |
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Yes |
45.5% |
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No |
54.5% |
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N |
132 |
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Are the Lay ministries thriving in your Presiding Elder’s District? |
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4 |
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Yes |
71.6% |
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No |
28.4% |
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N |
141 |
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Does your local church celebrate annual Lay Day? |
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5 |
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1 |
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Yes |
87.0% |
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2 |
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No |
13.0% |
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N |
138 |
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Has training been held for your local Lay board over the past year? |
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6 |
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Yes |
55.3% |
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No |
44.7% |
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N |
141 |
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Has training been offered for the officers in your local church during
the past year? |
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7 |
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1 |
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Yes |
64.0% |
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No |
36.0% |
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N |
136 |
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Do the lay members in your local church need additional training? |
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8 |
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Yes |
97.7% |
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No |
2.3% |
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N |
133 |
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Do you attend training or development classes to help you to work more
effectively in your area (s) of ministry? |
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9 |
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Yes |
85.0% |
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No |
15.0% |
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N |
133 |
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What do Laypersons need to help them become more effective leaders? |
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10 |
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Knowledge of the Bible |
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Understanding their purpose in life |
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Knowing and understanding their spiritual gift (s) |
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Knowing and understanding the Connectional Church |
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Leadership and/or officers’ training |
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What is the greatest challenge facing Lay ministries in the
local church? |
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11 |
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Not enough dedicated or discipled persons |
18.2% |
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Untrained lay persons |
0.0% |
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3 |
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Financial resources |
27.3% |
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Leadership issues |
18.2% |
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5 |
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Physical church building |
36.4% |
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11 |
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Do you support women in the ministry? |
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12 |
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Yes |
95.7% |
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No |
4.3% |
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N |
138 |
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Would you support a female as your pastor? |
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13 |
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Yes |
90.4% |
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No |
9.6% |
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N |
125 |
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Would you support a female as your presiding elder? |
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14 |
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1 |
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Yes |
96.0% |
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2 |
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No |
4.0% |
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N |
125 |
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Would you support a female as your presiding prelate? |
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15 |
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1 |
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Yes |
91.4% |
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2 |
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No |
8.6% |
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N |
128 |
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Do you read your Bible every day? |
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16 |
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1 |
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Yes |
43.9% |
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2 |
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No |
56.1% |
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N |
123 |
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Do you read your Bible at least three times a week? |
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17 |
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1 |
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Yes |
85.4% |
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2 |
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No |
14.6% |
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N |
82 |
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Do you attend Sunday School at your local church? |
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18 |
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1 |
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Yes |
85.7% |
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2 |
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No |
14.3% |
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N |
126 |
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Do you attend Bible study/prayer meeting at your local church? |
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19 |
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1 |
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Yes |
77.2% |
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2 |
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No |
22.8% |
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N |
127 |
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Have you helped to bring a person to Christ during the past year? |
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20 |
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1 |
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Yes |
57.8% |
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2 |
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No |
42.2% |
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N |
102 |
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Does your local church have a Web site? |
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21 |
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1 |
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Yes |
52.9% |
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2 |
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No |
47.1% |
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N |
119 |
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Do you believe that technology can enhance the ministries at your local
church? |
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22 |
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1 |
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Yes |
98.3% |
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2 |
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No |
1.7% |
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N |
118 |
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Does your local church have a computer? |
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23 |
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1 |
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Yes |
86.1% |
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2 |
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No |
13.9% |
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N |
115 |
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