Where we want to be.


We recently ran a survey where we asked people what they thought we should be doing. We had 124 people reply and this is  the results from the survey. All of the information is in the numbers who replied rather than percentages.

People rated their church attendance as:

Not interested in attending

 13

Believing in God but not going to Church

 23

Attending weddings, funerals and baptisms only

 29

Going occasionally

 18

Going regularly

 34

Belonging to another faith group

  5

People were asked to complete the sentence "In my opinion Churches should . . . "

Be more inclusive and adapt to the C21

30

Be more active in the community

27

Encourage questions

14

Be more fun

8

Be historical and traditional

7

Support non church (vulnerable?) people

6

Nurture believers

5

Work with young people

4

Closed and sold off

3

Not bother people who don’t believe

3

Do things as well as Sundays

3

Are important to the community

2

Do different types of worship

2

Work better with other faiths

1

 

We also asked what we should be offering and people suggested the following :

 Meditation

 40

 Healing Services

 22

 Services with contemporary music

 32

 Studies linking life and faith

 33

 Films and Discussions afterwards

 20

 Discussions about current issues

 38

 Services with Classical Music

 28

 Informal Café Style Services

 50


What we think this all means: