Critical Ministries and Their Leadership

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Critical Ministries and Their Leadership
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Methodology

• Online survey of 801 pastors provides 95
  confidence that sampling error does not exceed
  3.4
• A panel of Southern Baptist pastors were
  contacted in March 2008
• Pastors were asked to list the ministries (up to
  5) that they feel are critical to the mission and
  the future health and progress of their church
  today
• Follow-up questions asked for each listed
  ministry if they have an effective leader in
  place and how the pastor relates to each critical
  ministry

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The Ministries Pastors Feel are Critical to the
Mission and the Future Health of Their Church
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The number one most important ministry, critical
to the mission and the future health of our
church is
Percent of SBC Pastors mentioning a ministry as
most important
24 Evangelism/ Outreach 17 Sunday School/ Bible
Study/ Small Groups 13 Worship/ specific worship
services 10 Preaching/ Proclamation/
Teaching 9 Childrens Ministry/ Student
Ministry 7 Discipleship/ Spiritual growth/
Mentoring/ Counseling 5 Prayer Ministry/ Prayer
Groups 3 Missions 2 Community
ministry/service/benevolence/recovery 1 Young
adults/college 1 Men's ministry 1 Music/choir 1
Family ministry/young families/marriage/parenting
1 Leadership training/development 1 Deacon
ministry
In your church today, list the ministries that
you feel are critical to the mission and the
future health and progress of your church.
Please list them in their order of importance.
List up to 5 Most Important Ministry
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Top five ministries critical to the mission and
future health of our church are
Percent of SBC Pastors mentioning a ministry
among top 5 most important
In your church today, list the ministries that
you feel are critical to the mission and the
future health and progress of your church.
Please list them in their order of importance.
List up to 5 Most Important Ministry, 2, 3,
4, 5
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Top five ministries by church size
Percent of SBC Pastors mentioning a ministry
among top 5 most important
Average Worship
Attendance Less than 100 100-249 250 Childrens
Ministry/Student Ministry 83 90 81 Evangelism/
Outreach 72 65 60 Sunday School/Bible
Study/Small Groups 48 58 64 Worship and
specific worship services 30 33 46 Missions 20
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In your church today, list the ministries that
you feel are critical to the mission and the
future health and progress of your church.
Please list them in their order of importance.
List up to 5 Most Important Ministry, 2, 3,
4, 5
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Effective Leadership in Place for Critical
Ministries
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For the majority of churches, effective leaders
are in place for critical ministries
Percent of SBC Pastors
An effective leader for this ministry is in
place Most Important Ministry 78 2 69 3 65
4 64 5 64
For each of the critical ministries you listed
above, indicate whether your church has an
effective leader in place for that ministry.
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Effective leaders in place by church size
Percent of SBC Pastors with an effective leader
for this ministry in place

Average Worship
Attendance Less than 100 100-249 250 Most
Important Ministry 76 80 84 2 64 75 80
3 61 68 76 4 61 64 74 5 60 68 72
For each of the critical ministries you listed
above, indicate whether your church has an
effective leader in place for that ministry.
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Effective leaders in place by ministry
Percent of SBC Pastors listing the ministry in
the top 5
An effective leader for this ministry is in
place Childrens Ministry/Student
Ministry 70 Evangelism/Outreach 56 Sunday
School/Bible Study/Small Groups
68 Discipleship/Spiritual growth/Mentoring/ Co
unseling 65 Worship and specific worship
services 82
For each of the critical ministries you listed
above, indicate whether your church has an
effective leader in place for that ministry.
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How Pastors Relate to Each of the Critical
Ministries in their Church
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How pastors relate to the leadership of their
most important ministry
You meet regularly with the key leaders of
several ministries as a group You meet regularly
with the key leader of this ministry
individually You meet regularly with the whole
leadership team from this ministry You do not
meet regularly with the leader(s) of this ministry
Which of the following statements best reflects
how you personally relate to each of the critical
ministries you listed above?
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How pastors relate to the leadership of their
most important ministry by church size
Avg Worship lt100
You meet regularly with the key leaders of
several ministries as a group You meet regularly
with the key leader of this ministry
individually You meet regularly with the whole
leadership team from this ministry You do not
meet regularly with the leader(s) of this ministry
Avg Worship 100-249
Avg Worship 250
Which of the following statements best reflects
how you personally relate to each of the critical
ministries you listed above?
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How pastors relate to the leadership of their
most important ministry by type of ministry
Among pastors listing the ministry as most
important
You meet regularly with the key leaders of
several ministries as a group You meet regularly
with the key leader of this ministry
individually You meet regularly with the whole
leadership team from this ministry You do not
meet regularly with the leader(s) of this ministry
Childrens Ministry/Student Ministry
Sunday School/Bible Study/Small Groups
Evangelism/Outreach
Which of the following statements best reflects
how you personally relate to each of the critical
ministries you listed above?
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How pastors relate to the leadership of their
most important ministry by type of ministry
Among pastors listing the ministry as most
important
You meet regularly with the key leaders of
several ministries as a group You meet regularly
with the key leader of this ministry
individually You meet regularly with the whole
leadership team from this ministry You do not
meet regularly with the leader(s) of this ministry
Discipleship/Spiritual growth/ Mentoring/Counselin
g
Worship and specific worship services
Which of the following statements best reflects
how you personally relate to each of the critical
ministries you listed above?
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How pastors relate to the leadership of their
most important ministry by type of ministry
Among pastors listing the ministry as most
important
You meet regularly with the key leaders of
several ministries as a group You meet regularly
with the key leader of this ministry
individually You meet regularly with the whole
leadership team from this ministry You do not
meet regularly with the leader(s) of this ministry
Missions
Community Ministry/ Service/Benevolence
Which of the following statements best reflects
how you personally relate to each of the critical
ministries you listed above?
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Critical Ministries and Their Leadership