Collecting Data for Mission
Many churches fail to collect the data they need for wise decision-making. These new notes outline the kind of information churches could use to direct their efforts in mission. There are three parts. GDPR compliance is assumed throughout.
The first part outlines the information about each church member that can be useful such as contact details, family information and team involvements.
The second and main part explains nine types of general data worth collecting under the following headings:
Membership
Attendance
Leadership and staffing
Small groups
Finance
Life events
Challenges
The local community
Other examples.
The third and final section provides advice on how to go about collecting data such as:
Don’t do too much!
Keep mission as the purpose
Use interviews
Don’t under-estimate the work of analysis.
Training Notes TN129, Collecting data for mission, are now available without charge from the Training Notes index page of John Truscott’s website.