Internal Trends Assessment

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Internal Trends Assessment
Classify Your Church's Current Growth Pattern (Explosive Growth, Steady Growth, Plateaued—Flat Attendance, or Declining—Falling Attendance)
Describe How Church Members Perceive Your Church
Give Your Best Guess of Your Church's Median Age
Is Your Church a Mirror of Its Community?
Is Your Church Ready to Meet Community Needs?
Is Your Church Ready to Make Ministry Adjustments?
Give Approximate Baptisms Last Year
Describe the First-Time Guest Experience (Expressway—Seamless Experience, City Street—A Few Roadblocks and Potholes, Country Road—50/50 Chance They’ll Make It, Mountain Trail—Lots of Bumps with Few Road Signs, or Overgrown Path—They’ll Never Make It)
Rate Your Church's Outreach Mentality (Strongly Evangelistic, Somewhat Evangelistic, Rarely Evangelistic or Not Evangelistic)
Did You Conduct Evangelism Training Last Year?
Does Your Church Have Regular Prospect Visitation?

Give Approximate Average Small Groups Attendance Last Year
How Many Small Groups Were Started Last Year?
Does Your Church Have Regular Teacher Meetings?
Do New Members Find Places of Service Easily?
What % of Members Became Leaders in the Last 5 Years?
Does Your Church Emphasize Praying for Missions?
What % of Budget Receipts Are Devoted to Missions?
Give Approximate # of Mission Trip Participants Last Year
Give Approximate AM Worship Attendance Last Year
What Worship Style Best Describes Your Church? (Liturgical, Traditional, Blended or Innovative)
Does Your Worship Style Connect with Your Community?
Using 15 Words or Less, Describe Your Church