0 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 0 SPIRITUAL LIFE SURVEY TRACKING REPORT Evergreen Community Church, Bloomington Comparing December 2008 with February 2010

1 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 1 Understanding Your Report Spiritual Life Survey Approach The Spiritual Life Survey captures insights for church leaders on the spiritual health of their congregation and the role the church plays in their spiritual growth. It includes 80 questions about an individual’s spiritual attitudes, beliefs, needs and behaviors as well as participation and satisfaction with local church activities. The survey is fielded on a web-only platform; participation is voluntary. This report compares your survey results for two successive REVEAL surveys that your church has taken. Evergreen Community Church Spiritual Life Survey Response Rates

2 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 2 Template Design This report template was designed in a simplified format to help you understand the most important findings comparing one wave to the next for your church. Important: We have included important information for each slide in the “notes” section. Please check this section in order to find answers to questions you may have, such as “What is the definition of being spiritually stalled?” or “What was the question that was asked that led to this result?” Accessing the Notes Section 1.Click on “View” in the toolbar 2.Click on “Notes Page” Understanding Your Report

3 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 3 Understanding Your Report Detecting Meaningful Change Throughout this report, statistically meaningful changes in your results between waves are indicated by shading the Wave 2 number in green (for an increase) or red (for a decrease). We define a meaningful change as a change of one-half of a standard deviation from one wave to the next. Standard deviation is a unit of measure commonly used in statistics. One use of this statistic is to measure change over time. The standard deviations used to define meaningful change in this report come from the pooled data in our comparative database of churches who have taken the REVEAL survey since August We indicate meaningful changes with the green or red background only if there were 30 or more respondents for both Wave 1 and Wave 2.

4 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 4 Total Sample Comparison We compared your church’s results to the total sample of churches using the following format: -An upward arrow means the response is at least 20%, but less than 50% greater than the total sample average. -Two upward arrows mean the response is at least 50% greater than the total sample average. -A downward arrow means the response is at least 20%, but less than 50% lower than the total sample average. -Two downward arrows mean the response is at least 50% lower than the total sample average. -Note: There is an additional indicator that may appear on slides 17, 42, and 43: -A “dotted line” response “----” means the response is close to the total sample’s response (within 19% either greater or lower than the total sample). Understanding Your Report

5 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 5 Tenure Green = Increase Red = Decrease

6 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 6 Spiritual Continuum Profile Green = Increase Red = Decrease

7 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 7 REVEAL Spiritual Vitality Index Personal Spiritual Practices Church’s Role Faith in Action What Your Score Means (Ranking compared to REVEAL database) 86+ = Top 5% = Top 10% = Top 25% = Upper 50% <70 = Lower 50% This involves how often people study the Bible, reflect on Scripture, pray, experience solitude and journal. This reflects how well the church provides spiritual challenge, in-depth Bible teaching, a sense of belonging, etc. This reflects people’s faith- based behaviors, such as serving those in need and evangelism. This one-number index score shows you how well you’re doing at helping your people grow spiritually, compared with all other churches in REVEAL’s database.

8 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 8 Satisfaction with Church’s Role in Spiritual Growth Green = Increase Red = Decrease

9 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 9 Spiritual Beliefs and Attitudes Green = Increase Red = Decrease

10 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 10 Evergreen’s Participation with Organized Church Activities

11 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 11 What Your People Say Works Best

12 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 12 What Your People Say are the Top Five Priorities for Evergreen * Priority Score: This score merges importance and satisfaction together to rank order your congregation’s view of the church’s highest priorities for action. The higher the score, the greater the sense of urgency for change. (Priority Score Calculation: Importance less Satisfaction X Importance) Note: See note page below for more detail on the Priority Score.

13 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 13 What Your People Want Most from Evergreen

14 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 14 What Your People Say are the Top Five Priorities for Weekend Services * Priority Score: This score merges importance and satisfaction together to rank order your congregation’s view of the highest priorities for change in Weekend Services. The higher the score, the greater the sense of urgency for change. (Priority Score Calculation: Importance less Satisfaction X Importance) Note: See note page below for more detail on the Priority Score.

15 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 15 Participation and Satisfaction with Weekend Services Green = Increase Red = Decrease

16 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 16 What Your People Say are the Top Five Priorities for Small Groups * Priority Score: This score merges importance and satisfaction together to rank order your congregation’s view of the highest priorities for change in Small Groups. The higher the score, the greater the sense of urgency for change. (Priority Score Calculation: Importance less Satisfaction X Importance) Note: See note page below for more detail on the Priority Score.

17 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 17 Participation and Satisfaction with Small Groups Green = Increase Red = Decrease

18 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 18 What Your People Say are the Top Five Priorities for Serving at the Church * Priority Score: This score merges importance and satisfaction together to rank order your congregation’s view of the highest priorities for change in Serving at the Church. The higher the score, the greater the sense of urgency for change. (Priority Score Calculation: Importance less Satisfaction X Importance) Note: See note page below for more detail on the Priority Score.

19 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 19 Participation and Satisfaction with Serving at the Church Green = Increase Red = Decrease

20 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 20 Personal Spiritual Practices Green = Increase Red = Decrease Wave 1Wave 2Wave 1Wave 2Wave 1Wave 2Wave 1Wave 2Wave 1Wave 2 Base Size # 5 # Reflection on Scripture (daily) 20%34%0% 5%4%25%47%37%51% Bible Reading (daily) 25%40%4%20%9%22%29%43% 54% Prayer to Seek Guidance (daily) 43%53%13%40%27%31%49%65%62% Prayer to Confess Sins (daily) 20%27%0%20%16%20%24%22%25%38% Solitude (several times per week or more) 48%53%13%20%33%35%53%51%69%72% Tithing (10% or more) 43%47%13%0%31%29%52%47%55%63% Low sample sizes, as indicated with #, are not tested for meaningful differences Christ-Centered Personal Spiritual Practices Total Exploring Christ Growing in Christ Close to Christ

21 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 21 Personal Spiritual Practices Compared to Other Churches

22 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 22 Stalled Profile Green = Increase Red = Decrease

23 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 23 Top Five Reasons Why People Have Stalled Spiritually at Your Church Note: No database comparison available at this time.

24 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 24 Dissatisfied Profile Green = Increase Red = Decrease

25 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 25 Who Is Most Likely to Leave Your Church? Four Spiritual Continuum Segments = 100% of Your Church Two Satisfaction Levels = 100% of Your Church Green = Increase Red = Decrease

26 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 26 Who Is Most Likely to Leave Your Church? Compared to Other Churches Four Spiritual Continuum Segments = 100% of Your Church Two Satisfaction Levels = 100% of Your Church

27 © 2010 Willow Creek Association. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized distribution is prohibited. 27 Overlap Between “Stalled” and “Dissatisfied” Compared to Other Churches Stalled Not Stalled SatisfiedDissatisfied Compared with Total Sample