New Hope Baptist Church

Sunday, January 29, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS

1. Member: Yes 99.6%

No 0.4%

2. How long have you been attending New Hope Baptist Church?

0-16.2%

2-35.8

4-712.0

8-1014.0

11-2020.2

20+41.7%

3. Number of persons in your household

2.6

DEMOGRAPHICS

4. Circle your age group:

18-241.2%

25-3412.4

35-4417.0

45-5418.3

55-6424.1

65-7419.1

75-846.6

85+1.2

5. Occupational Status:

Full-time employed 47.7%

Part-time employed 7.0%

Student 4.1%

Homemaker 1.2%

Retired 30.9%

Seeking employment 4.1%

Physically unable to work 4.9%

6. My (our) estimated annual household income is: $47,768

7. I attended one or more of the presentations of the project.

Yes 58.7% No 41.3%

8. I have confidence in our church leadership as they give direction to this building project.

Strongly Agree 42.9%

Agree 40.0%

Not Sure 13.1%

Disagree 2.0%

Strongly Disagree 2.0%

9. I have a clear understanding of Phase 1 of the proposed new building plan.

Strongly Agree 34.7% Agree 40.0%

Not Sure 20.4%

Disagree 3.3% Strongly Disagree 1.6%

10. The Phase 1 building project, as currently outlined, represents a wise investment of funds for our church.

Strongly Agree 25.9%

Agree 39.5%

Not Sure 24.3%

Disagree 7.8%

Strongly Disagree 2.5%

11. Please rank in order of importance the following portions of our building plan (#1= most important, #4= least important):

1.4 Expanded restrooms (#1=170 times)

2.5 Nursery upgrade (#1=32 times)

3.3 Expanded lobby (#1=9 times)

2.5 Sanctuary updates (#1=45 times)

12. We should conduct a capital giving campaign to challenge our congregation to financially support the project.

Strongly Agree 23.5%

Agree 43.7%

Not Sure 21.5%

Disagree 6.9%

Strongly Disagree 4.5%

13. I believe this is the right time to proceed with a capital giving campaign for the building project.

Strongly Agree 16.9%

Agree 34.2%

Not Sure 31.3%

Disagree 11.5%

Strongly Disagree 6.2%

14. I am willing to financially support the proposed project.

Strongly Agree 23.7%

Agree 50.6%

Not Sure 18.3%

Disagree 5.8%

Strongly Disagree 1.7%

*We have an extraordinarily high rate of current giving (7.4% of household incomes)

*74.3% of survey respondents are “willing to financially support the proposed project.” This is well above the 60% minimum threshold recommended by the consultant.

*The congregation has a relatively high confidence and support level toward church leaders. There is substantial goodwill in the congregation for the current leadership.

*A majority of those interviewed believe that the time to proceed from an “internal” standpoint is now.

*There is an “external” concern regarding proceeding in the current economy. The vast of majority of interviewees see no real benefit to wait to proceed with a capital campaign.

*$1,250,000 Project

- $350,000 Cash on Hand

- $300,000 Budgeted over next 3 years

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$600,000 Campaign

(With $50K church contingency)

*Vote on Capital Campaign on Monday, February 13