In November 2023, the Church Life Survey New Zealand Committee made available the following two resources, shared here with permission:
The next Church Life Survey will be in 2028
Registration for the 2023 survey closed 30 November 2023
The 2023 census year for New Zealand was also the Church Life Survey year, during which every local church in New Zealand had an opportunity to participate in another kind of census. In a nutshell, we invited all your church attendees to complete a 10 to 15-minute survey on demographics, church life, community, faith, and leadership. The resulting data is a strategic asset for every local church that participates, as well as for the various denominations and the wider church across New Zealand.
Church Life Survey articles
Churches engaging with their Church Life Survey results
How might a church use and learn from this data?
A Baptist overview of the Church Life Survey results
A deep dive into the recent national Church Life Survey data from a Baptist perspective.
Church Life Survey: first response
As the national Church Life Survey data has been released this week, we begin to share our response and engagement with it.
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