Insights from ELCA Church Survey February 2019
Insights from ministry sites, synods, congregations, pastors, and leaders of the ELCA Church in February 2019 regarding themes such as connecting with God, cultivating community, innovating faithfully, diversity, equipping the saints, shifting ministry models, and deepening administrative leadership.
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What Were Hearing from the Church February 2019
Data Sources 58 ministry sites in 12 ELCA synods via synod listening visits Western ND Saint Paul Southwestern MN South Carolina Eastern WA/ID Eastern ND Greater Milwaukee Minneapolis Northern TX/LA Southeastern MN Florida/Bahamas Northwestern WI 15 ELCA synods and episcopal dioceses in learning communities New Jersey Northern TX/LA South Carolina Southwestern MN Southeast PA Northwest WI Western ND East Central WI Greater Milwaukee La Crosse Fond du Lac (TEC) Indianapolis (TEC) Ohio (TEC)
Data Sources 13 Large ELCA congregations Ascension (Thousand Oaks, CA) Christ Lutheran (Charlotte, NC) Christ Church (Mequon, WI) First (Fargo, ND) Emmanuel (Naples, FL) Good Shepherd (Bismarck, ND) Hope (The Villages, FL) Hope (Fargo, ND) Hope (West Des Moines, IA) Kinsmen (Houston, TX) Paynesville (Paynesville, MN) Saint Andrews (Mahtomedi, MN) Shepherd of the Valley (Apple Valley, MN)
Data Sources 550 Pastors via survey Survey conducted by the Center for Lifelong Learning in 2015. 33 churches from the Vibrant Congregations Project 75 lay leader developers Interviews, conversations, and focus groups conducted in 2017 and 2018.
Themes CONNECT WITH GOD Leaders and congregations need a Christ-centered identity, embodied in a life of discipleship and nourished through spiritual formation. CULTIVATE COMMUNITY Leaders need to cultivate community by listening to people, loving them, and building trust within and beyond the church. INNOVATE FAITHFULLY Leaders need a spiritual and theological purpose that frees them to renegotiate established cultural norms.
Themes CONNECT WITH DIVERSE NEIGHBORS Leaders and congregations need intercultural competency to connect with neighbors across all dimensions of diversity. EQUIP THE SAINTS Laypeople need opportunities to develop as disciples, ministers, and leaders. SHIFT MINISTRY MODELS Leaders need to know how to start, tend, and manage entrepreneurial models of structuring and financing ministry. DEEPEN ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP Leaders need to be skilled in organizational leadership, management, and administration for a 21st century world.
Questions What catches your attention? What surprises you, if anything? What questions does this raise for you? What do you want to learn more about? What might God be saying to you or to us through this listening?
