survey Archives

Worshiping Community Leaders Survey

Posted April 23rd, 2015

Across the PC(USA), new and varied forms of church are being raised up by leaders seeking to ignite discipleship and transformation. These new worshiping communities have the potential to help the PC(USA) shift from an inward-focused, membership-maintenance model of church to a more outward-focused, creative, and disciple-making model.

Weekly Eucharist in Easter 2012 Survey

Posted June 14th, 2012

These are the results of a May 2012 informal survey on Weekly Eucharist in Easter.

The November 2011 Presbyterian Panel Survey on Biblical knowledge.

Posted November 16th, 2011

The November 2011 Presbyterian Panel Survey, pertaining to Biblical issues.

2010 Clerk’s Annual Questionnaire

Posted August 17th, 2011

The Research Services office annually develops and distributes a questionnaire that goes to the clerks of session of all PC(USA) congregations at about the same time the Session Annual Statistical… Read more »

Presbyterians Today – Go Figure – Mission priorities: Take 2

Posted September 20th, 2010

September 2010 Recently (May 2010) Go Figure presented rankings of 14 possible General Assembly Mission Council activities, based on responses of members, elders and pastors, who were asked which two… Read more »

Go Figure – Measuring progress on diversity

Posted July 19th, 2010

In the 1990s, the General Assembly set two diversity goals: increasing the people of color share of the membership to 10 percent by 2005 and to 20 percent by 2010…. Read more »

Go Figure – Mission priorities

Posted April 27th, 2010

Where should the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) — the mission agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — focus its energies? A 2009 survey asked representative samples of members, elders… Read more »

Hispanic Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Survey Results

Posted March 19th, 2010

A study carried out by Teresa Chávez Sauceda on the Hispanic presence in the Presbyterian Church (USA) In English.

Go Figure – Deciding where to donate

Posted March 9th, 2010

Suppose someone gave you $200 to give to a charity or religious cause. How would you decide where to contribute? We presented Presbyterians that scenario on a 2005 survey, asking… Read more »

Go Figure – Pulpit heavyweights

Posted March 9th, 2010

Recently in this column I discussed decades-long membership losses in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), but this month I’m addressing an area in which the PC(USA) is growing: the weight of… Read more »