Readiness to Purchase or Build

CSMRelated Mission Development Congregations

Congregation Name ______ID # ______

Address ______

City______State _____ Zip ______Phone ______

Pastor ______

Phone ______E-Mail ______

Date started ______Worship Attendance when Pastor arrived ______

Congregational Lay Contact ______

Phone ______E-Mail ______

Mission Director ______

1. Situational Analysis

Date MissionEntered Field ______Date Congregation Organized ______

Membership @ Organization ______

Membership Now ______

Worship Attendance @ Organization ______

Worship Attendance Now _____

Setting ______(Urban, suburban, small town, rural)

Brief Description of the setting:

2. Current Situation of the Ministry:

a. Ministry Description (what is the purpose/mission for your ministry and what are the main emphases of your congregation’s ministry as you carry that out?):

b. Describe your current facility usage:

c. Current annual budget information:

Please attach copies of budgets from the last three years.

Operating expenses: $______

ELCA Benevolence: $______

Other benevolence: $______

Payments on debt: $______

Total indebtedness: $______

Total in Building Fund $______

3. Leadership: Describe the ministry’s leadership. Include a description of how the pastor and lay leaders typically function. What has happened that helps us see a trend for the next steps?

4. Describe the Climate of the Congregation: What is the current mood? How are conflicts handled? How are decisions made? How do these inform the congregation’s future?

5. Financial Information: Describe the congregation’s financial stewardship. Attach a copy of the trend report with all previous years data submitted (you can print this off the web site):

Active Giving Units ______(total of all pledging/committing giving units plus any regular givers who may not have made a written commitment)

Average household income

(Full congregational survey or median from zip code data) $______

Total congregational annual income (giving units x median income) $ ______

Offerings for last 12 months (undesignated) $ ______

Total offerings for 12 months (designated ) $ ______

Percentage giving (Undesignated offerings / total annual income ) ______%

Percentage giving (Undesignated + designated offering / total annual income) ______%

Does congregation own a site? ______When was it purchased? ______

Original purchase price? $______How much is still owed? $______

How do you know that the people here are willing and able to give additional funds to buy/build a facility at this time?

6.Director for Evangelical Mission Comments: Please give an honest assessment of this congregation’s ministry including rationale and your recommendation regarding this request:

Signatures:

Pastor ______Date ______

Congregational President ______Date ______

Director for Evangelical Mission______

Date ______