This information packet helps congregations study who they are as a congregation and learn more about their local community using qualitative and quantitative information-gathering exercises that are involving, participatory in nature, and easy to use. This information packet contains detailed instructions for the following strategies:

• Three-By-Five Card Surveys
• Ten-Minute Interviews
• Wall of Wonder
• Mapping Member Networks
• In-Home Meetings
• Congregational Surveys
• Conducting a Mail Survey
• Door-to-Door Canvas
• Interviewing Community Leaders
• Presentations by Key Leaders
• Web Sites for Congregations
• Research Web Pages
• Building a Planning Committee
• Other Resources Available from Research Services
• Putting It All Together
• Stories from Congregations
• Bibliography

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