MinistrySurveys
Hear from your people. Lead with wisdom.
When your congregation speaks, you gain clarity. MinistrySurveys gives every voice in your church a place to be heard — giving you insights into your church’s health, unity, and ministry priorities through the eyes of your people.
Turn insight into impact
These surveys help you listen deeply, understand clearly, and lead faithfully — whether you’re strengthening ministry or preparing for your next pastor.
See your church through your congregation's eyes
Understand how your people experience your church’s strengths, needs, and spiritual health.
Give your people a voice in leadership and ministry decisions
Hear what your congregation values most in ministry and in their next pastor.
Lead your church forward with understanding
Use meaningful feedback to guide growth, strengthen unity, and make wise, data-informed decisions.
The Surveys
Church Effectiveness Survey
Healthy churches listen well. The Church Effectiveness Survey helps you understand your congregation’s health, unity, and growth potential by hearing directly from your people — so your leaders can act with wisdom and confidence.
Available in: Standard and Comprehensive versions for churches of any size.
Best for: Assessing church health, guiding strategic planning, and strengthening ministry alignment.
Optional Add-On: Include pastoral search questions to learn what your congregation values most in its next pastor — an ideal first step before beginning a search process.
Coming Soon: MinistrySearch Survey
When your church begins a pastoral search, every voice matters. The upcoming MinistrySearch Survey focuses solely on your congregation’s input — helping your search team clearly understand what your people desire in their next pastor.
Status: Coming soon.
Purpose: A streamlined, standalone version focused entirely on congregational preferences for a new pastor.
Ideal for: Churches who already understand their health and simply want input to guide a pastoral search.
The Metrics Matter
Lets dive into the numbers of the Church Effectiveness Survey
Standard Questions
Optional
Custom Questions
44+
Cross-tab Categories
The results of the Church Effectiveness Survey are cross-tabulated with the 44 cross-tabulation standard categories for each of the questions plus a category for every class and small group in your church. Each custom question may also be cross-tabulated. The resulting report gives you an incredibly detailed view of your congregation.
Survey Options
Church Effectiveness
Survey
Our time tested standard — Best for diagnostic analysis, strategic planning and health assessments
- Predefined questions
- Unlimited Custom Questions
- 44 Predefined Categories
- Unlimited custom categories
- Includes full demographic & church history
- Online or paper questionnaire
- Detailed Diagnostic Report
- Detailed cross tabulation report (Data Concordance)
Church Effectiveness & Search Survey
Best when looking to place a new lead pastor
- Church Effectiveness survey features plus comprehensive pastoral search questions
- Unlimited custom questions
- Predefined placement search questions for congregational input
- Custom placement search questions for congregational input
- Detailed Diagnostic Report
- Detailed cross tabulation report (Data Concordance)
Coming soon...
MinistrySearch Survey
A simplified and standalone survey a church can use to gain insights focused only on the congregation’s preferences for a new pastor
- Predefined questions
- Search specific questions: Demographics, Strengths & Needs, Congregation search input questions
- Four cross tabulated categories – congregation, search team, board, staff
- Online questionnaire
- Summary report
- Predefined categories
- Basic demographics & church history
- Basic cross tabulation report (Data Concordance)
Ready to listen to your congregation?
Your people are already telling the story of your church. MinistrySurveys helps you hear it clearly — and lead with understanding.