BEYOND ADDITION

Church Planting Leadership Fellowship

BEYOND ADDITION

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Methodology

The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was conducted December 1-6, 2008

The calling list was randomly drawn from a list of all Protestant churches. Up to six calls were made to reach a sampled phone number

Each interview was conducted with the senior pastor, minister or priest of the church called

Responses were weighted to reflect the geographic distribution of Protestant churches

Methodology continued

The completed sample is 1,004 phone interviews

The sample provides 95% confidence that the sampling error does not exceed +3.1%

Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.

Almost all Protestant churches participate in missions/ church

plantingDuring the past 12 months, has your

church…

Few churches sponsor a church plant on their own

Among churches who directly participated in helping start a new church in the last 12

months…

Don’t Know: 5%Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church

during the past 12 months?

Less than one in five churches provides ongoing, direct financial support to a

church plantAmong all Protestant churches…

Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12 months?

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