Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

    Fastest Growing Sunday Schools

    Complete this survey online at http://www.bgco.org/fastestgrowingss/survey

     

    Please have the person that is most knowledgeable of your Sunday School complete this survey.

     

    Church Name:

    City:

    Name of person completing survey:

    Title of person completing survey:

     

     

    1. Which of the following BEST reflects your approach toward enrollment? (Choose only one)

     
    o A person must attend 3 times before enrolling.
    o We do not keep up with or focus on enrollment.
    o People are removed from enrollment if they do not attend.
    o Open enrollment is practiced: anyone, anytime, anywhere as long as they agree.

    2. Which BEST describes your expectations regarding leadership training (Choose only one)

     
    o Training is not required or provided
    o Leaders/teachers are required to participate in training.
    o Leaders/teachers are strongly urged to participate in training.
    o Training is encouraged, but not required.

    3. Which BEST describes your expectations of leadership commitments? (Choose only one)

     
    o Leaders/teachers sign a covenant or contract identifying expectations.
    o Leaders/teachers make a verbal commitment to written guidelines.
    o Leaders/teachers are initially made aware of written guidelines.
    o No written expectations are utilized by the church.

    4. Which of the following do you use to train your leaders/teachers? (Choose all that apply)

     
    o Weekly Worker Meetings
    o Monthly Leadership Training (8-12 times a year)
    o Quarterly Leadership Training
    o Annual Leadership Training
    o No planned training

    5. What BEST reflects the way leaders/teachers are enlisted in your church? (Choose only one)

     
    o We do not have an ongoing leader enlistment plan
    o Leaders are enlisted through general announcements
    o Sign-up sheets are made available in hallways, foyers, etc.
    o Leaders are enlisted through phone calls
    o Leaders are enlisted personally (home visit, lunch, etc.)
    o Other _______________________


    6. How are leaders/teachers developed in your church? (Choose all that apply)

     
    o We do not have an ongoing leader development plan
    o Associational Clinics
    o Conferences held at large/model churches
    o LifeWay Church Leadership Diploma plan
    o Potential Leader/Worker Class
    o Leaders are intentionally developed within each SS class
    o Glorieta

     

    7. Which BEST reflects your ADULT class organization? (Choose all that apply)

     
    o Most adult classes are coed
    o Most adult classes are all male or all female
    o All adult classes are male or female, no coed
    o Classes are generally age-graded
    o A structure other than age-grading is applied (please share in the space below) ___________________________________

    8. Do you intentionally organize the classes/groups for numerical growth?

     
    o Yes
    o No

    9. What do you call your weekly, ongoing classes/groups?

     
    o Bible study
    o Cell/Home groups
    o Sunday School
    o Other ______________________________________________________

    10. Does your church have weekly visitation?

     
    o No
    o Yes. Average weekly outreach attendance _________________________

    11. ____How many Sunday School leaders do you have? Include directors, teachers, assistants, care group, outreach, fellowship, etc.

     

    12. Which evangelism training methods have you used in the past 12 months? (Choose ALL that apply)


    o CROSS
    o FAITH
    o Sharing Jesus Without Fear
    o Evangelism Explosion
    o The Net
    o REACH
    o GROW
    o Other __________________________________________________
    o None
    13. How would your Leaders/teachers, rank the purposes of Sunday School/small groups? (Respond to each area below using a 1-5 scale, 1= most important, 5 = least important)

     _____Bible Study/Discipleship

     _____Evangelism/Outreach

     _____Tradition

     _____Fellowship

     _____Ministry

     

    14. Does your Sunday School/small groups have a purpose statement?

    o No
    o Yes, ___________________________________________________________

    _______________________________________________________________

     

    15. ____How many new units or classes has your church started in the past 12 months?

     

    16. Which of the following BEST describes your approach to new units/classes? (Choose only one)

     
    o We create new classes as needed
    o We avoid the creation of new classes
    o We are intentional about creating new classes as a growth strategy
    o We do not have room for any more classes

    17. Which of the following strategies are you using to create space for new classes/groups? (Choose all that apply)

     
    o Multiple Sunday Schools (2, 3 or more hours)
    o Mobile units
    o Off campus during Sunday morning hours
    o Multiple classes in large areas (gym, fellowship hall, worship center, etc)
    o New space currently under construction
    o Groups meet in homes during the week or Sunday evening

    18. _____How many classes/groups does your church currently have?

     

    19. What is the most common reaction of a class or group when asked to change rooms? (Choose only one)

     
    o Resistance
    o Compliance
    o Cooperation
    o Anticipation

    20. What type of curriculum do you primarily use for Sunday School/small groups? (Choose only one)


    o LifeWay
    o LifeWay with some exceptions
    o We write our own curriculum
    o Other curriculum ________________________________________

    21. Which of following BEST reflects your approach to contacting members by classes? (Choose only one)

     
    o We emphasize care groups within the class making and reporting contacts in all classes
    o We emphasize all classes making and reporting contacts
    o We emphasize contacts, but do not emphasize reporting
    o We do not emphasize contacts

    22. Which of the following BEST emphasizes our ministry to absentee Sunday School members? (Choose only one)

     
    o We contact absentees weekly
    o We contact absentees monthly
    o Absentees are contacted quarterly
    o We do not have a strategy for contacting absentees

    23. Which approaches do you use for visitor follow-up? (Choose all that apply)

     
    o Appointments
    o Telephone call
    o Unannounced visits
    o Letter or card
    o Email
    o Other __________________________________

    24. ____How involved is your pastor in the leadership of Sunday School/small groups?

    Respond on a scale of 1 – 10: (1 = uninvolved, 5 = neutral, 10 = very involved)

     

    25. Where did your pastor attend seminary? (Choose only one)

     
    o No seminary
    o Southern
    o Southeastern
    o Southwestern
    o New Orleans
    o MidWestern
    o Golden Gate
    o Dallas Theological
    o Other seminary _________________________

    26. ____How involved is your Sunday School in church mission projects?

    Respond on a scale of 1 – 10: (1 = not involved, 5 = neutral, 10 = very involved)

     

     

    27. ____How relevant is your small group/Sunday School ministry to the health of the church?

    Respond on a scale of 1 – 10: (1 = not relevant, 5 = neutral, 10 = very relevant)

     

     

     

     


    If the response to #27 is higher than 6, please share some examples in the space below.

     

     

     

    28. To what do you attribute the growth of your church? (Record your answer in the space below)


     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Thank you for responding to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Fastest Growing Sunday Schools. Upon completion, please mail this survey to:

     

    Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma

    Attn: Canaan Sanders

    3800 N. May Avenue

    Oklahoma City, OK 73112

     

     

    Your timely response is greatly appreciated

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