DIAGNOSTIC ASSESsMENT
Our diagnostic assessment provides invaluable insight into the life of the church. The surveys provide a framework by which leadership can make better-informed decisions, help ongoing organizational learning, and address revealed “blind spots.” It will help to encourage prayer, enhance strategic thinking, and improve dialogue about vision, values, and core ministries.
Church Vitality Survey (CVS)
Timeframe: 1-2 months
In an effort to provide leadership teams with input from their congregations at a price point that almost every church can afford, we have compiled a 30-question survey with some of our most insightful questions. Your congregation’s answers to these questions will provide you with specific data points for strategic planning purposes and for increasing your church’s spiritual vitality.
Your church will be provided with an online survey that your congregation members can complete anonymously. Upon the completion of the survey timeframe, your church will receive a customized report within 5-6 business days.
Focused Church Assessment
Timeframe: 2-3 Months
Our second level of diagnostic analysis goes beyond the basics, offering a deeper look into the results of our 100+ question survey, including feedback and ministry ratings from congregants. Additional custom modules can also be incorporated to provide greater clarity and understanding in specific areas of your church’s ministry and mission. Some modules we have developed in the past have measured the following:
A church’s missional capacity and preparedness
Trust in leadership
Areas of conflict
Emotional health
We are also able to provide additional resources, leadership, and coaching to help address areas of conflict and grow the emotional and spiritual health of a church.
Comprehensive Church Assessment
Timeframe: 3-4 months
Our third level of diagnostic analysis is a full ministry assessment. This includes the entire 100+ question survey, additional modules that include questions that allow for verbatim responses, as well as input sessions where church leaders and congregants meet virtually with members of our Discernment Team to share about their church expereinces. The assessment culminates with a visit from the VitalChurch diagnostic team to present an in-person report—first to the leadership and then to the congregation. A comprehensive written report is then sent to the church within four weeks of the weekend visit.
One of our most popular modules is a personality and spiritual gift inventory that can be given to pastoral candidates to identify how the candidate will match up to the current strengths and needs of the church.
Frequently asked questions
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No. VitalChurch’s diagnostic analysis is for any church wanting a clear picture of their current reality. It is our opinion that every church should administer a CVS or Focused assessment every year or two. If your church is in any sort of major leadership transition or is experiencing recurring issues, it is worth the time, money, and energy to do a Comprehensive assessment.
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CVS reports will summarize the data compiled from your church’s survey responses and provide you with an overview of strong and weak areas.
Focused and Comprehensive reports will identify your church’s key strengths to build on, as well as core issues that need immediate attention. Specific recommendations will be given to address core issues. Your report will also organize extensive data into charts and graphs, and will include an analysis for each of the questions in the survey.
Following a Comprehensive diagnostic, your church will receive a thorough, in-person presentation of our findings from our diagnostic team. For each of our assessments, your church’s leadership team will also have the opportunity to discuss the report’s findings and VitalChurch’s recommendations with our team.
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After the conclusion of your 16-day survey:
The Church Vitality Survey report will be delievered in 5-6 business days.
The Focused report will be delivered in 5-6 weeks.
The Comprehensive report will be delivered in 10-12 weeks.
