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Friday March 12, 2010

Building Experience Survey for Pastors

Please fill out the following form with the requested information.

 
Experience Survey:
  1. Have you ever led, or been on staff at a church during a building project?
 
Yes
 
No
 
  2. In what capacity were you serving at the church during the most recent building project? (select one)
 
Lead Pastor
 
Executive Pastor
 
Associate Pastor
 
Facilities Manager
 
Other Staff
 
Non-Staff
 
  3. If you are in the midst of a project, what stage is it in? (select one)
 
Master Planning / Fundraising
 
Detailed Designs for Construction
 
In Construction
 
Not applicable
 
  4. About Your Project (select all that apply)
 
New Construction
 
Addition
 
Renovation
 
Relocation
 
involved less than 15,000 SF of construction
 
involved 15,000 to 50,000 SF of construction
 
involved more than 50,000 SF of construction
   
  5. Which of the following benefits significantly characterize your church's experience during the design and construction process? (select all that apply)
 
Congregational excitement
 
Numerical growth
 
Increased giving
 
Personal growth
 
Team building
 
  6. Once the building project was completed, which of the following benefits did the church experience in a substantial way? (select all that apply)
 
Addition of needed space
 
Better space for ministry
 
Improved overall layout of the facility
 
Numerical growth
 
Happier volunteers / staff working in the new spaces
 
  7. Which of the following was the single greatest challenge that you faced during the design and construction process? (select one)
 
Getting the congregation to embrace the project
 
Getting leadership agreement
 
Raising sufficient funds
 
Time required by you and/or other staff to manage project related responsibilities
 
Conflicts with contractors
 
Problems with design documents (mistakes / omissions)
 
Volunteers not participating as expected
 
Delays in project completion
 
Cost over-runs
 
Personal emotional / physical drain
 
  8. After the project was completed, did the church face any of the following challenges to a significant degree? (select all that apply)
 
Covering increases in operating budget
 
Increased monthly mortgage payments
 
Additional personnel/volunteers to staff and maintain the facility
 
Handling ratio of staff to attendees with increased growth
 
Security with a larger facility
 
Damaged credibility when promises given to congregation were not met (cost, schedule delays, etc...)
 
Dissatisfaction with completed project
 
 
9. Based on the benefits and challenges, if you had it to do over, would you?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
10. If you had the same project to do over again, what might you do differently?
 
 
  11. If you could give one recommendation to another pastor just beginning the building process, what would it be?
 
 
 

12. It would be helpful to know a little bit about your church.
           Average Number of Sunday Attendees (all services):
 
Less than 500
 
500 to 1,000
 
1,000 to 3,000
 
Over 3,000
       
           Number of Weekend Services:
 
One
 
Two
 
Three
 
Four or More
       
           Church Governance:
 
Congregational
 
Elder/Board
 
Pastor
 
Denominational
 
Other
 
 

For internal use only, please provide the following:
 
Name:
 
Church Name:
 
Email Address:
     
  If you've provided an email address, we will send you "The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make" resource page from the Center for Ministry Advancement as a thank-you for participating in this survey.