Church Attendance Survey

Dr Lisa Oakley, a friend of the Institute, from Manchester Metropolitan University is running a valuable new survey exploring people's experiences of church. We are happy to point people to the website where they can add their reflections. Lisa gives more information here:

Church – the good, the bad and the ugly.

Church and church attendance is a central part of the lives of many Christians in the UK. It is important therefore for us to understand how people experience church. The ‘church experience survey’ has been launched to collect views on the best and worst about church. It is aimed at anyone who attends or has attended church in their lives. All results are anonymous so no one can be identified.

As well as general questions about positive and negative aspects of church life it asks some searching questions which we need to know the answers to in order to understand more about church and to allow us to think about ways in which we may need to rethink or develop our churches. It also allows individuals to celebrate the things which are good about churches across the UK whilst asking about issues which have been difficult for us to discuss. The on-line survey only takes 5 mins to complete and can be found at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V9K36YP