Please Survey Our Church

Posted by Jim Henderson on: 05.01.2006 /

Even though Hemant is retired, churches continue to request that Off The Map send an “official” Church Rater to survey their church.

A small church near Chicago (that meets on Saturday morning) has asked us to send someone anonymously to do a church survey.

If you are interested in more info on this one - let me know

Also - If you would like to participate in an upcoming Church Rater Weekend where some of us attend a church of our choice and survey it on the same weekend and then post our findings - let me know

14 Responses to "Please Survey Our Church"

  • Comment by: Marty

    1 05/2/06 6:44 AM | Comment Link |

    Count me in.

  • Comment by: Jim Henderson

    2 05/2/06 7:01 AM | Comment Link |

    Thanks Marty - More on this idea soon

  • Comment by: Justin

    3 05/2/06 7:04 AM | Comment Link |

    Hello,
    Perhaps this link has been mentioned before, but The Ship of Fools has been doing these kinds of reports too, for a while. Though, they’re based in the UK, so most of the churches are non-North American.

  • Comment by: skikid

    4 05/2/06 7:56 AM | Comment Link |

    Church rater weekend sounds interesting… is it ok to go w/ a friend or does that compromise it somehow?

  • Comment by: Jim Henderson

    5 05/2/06 8:01 AM | Comment Link |

    Going with a friend is fine - have them do their own review as well - Double the fun!

    We’ve heard about ship of fools - the more the merrier

  • Comment by: Westy

    6 05/2/06 9:46 AM | Comment Link |

    I like how Jim Martin puts it in his blog. The post is entitled If Jesus Had a Church.
    He ends by saying:

    Ultimately, being a Christian is all about relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It is to experience his life in the power of the Holy Spirit. Being a Christ follower is learning to treasure him more than houses, cars, careers, appearance, or having the latest toy. It is to believe that God is at work in me and in the church, the community of faith.

    Until I hunger for that life, I will stay right where I am, wherever that might be. I will get focused on large or small church buildings, committees, and whatever– while I miss what God is doing in the lives of ordinary people all around me.

    If Jesus had a church, he would want his people to stay focused on what he is doing in real, everyday people. To miss what he is doing in our lives is to become focused on something other than Jesus.

  • Comment by: KSG

    7 05/2/06 12:16 PM | Comment Link |

    Can I do my own church?

    I’ve been listening and observing with new eyes and ears since this Atheist/Xian experiment started and would really enjoy it…

    So often over the last 3 months I’ve found myself asking, “What would Hemant think?”.

  • Comment by: Jim Henderson

    8 05/2/06 6:58 PM | Comment Link |

    WWHT? A new movement

    KSG is onto something

    Rate your own church as if Hemant was in your head.

    Very nice

  • Comment by: Jim Henderson

    9 05/2/06 6:59 PM | Comment Link |

    We could all do WWHT one weekend and then have Hemant grade us on how close we got to his viewpoint :-)

  • Comment by: Ir

    10 05/3/06 3:42 AM | Comment Link |

    WWHT - I like it! :)

    I think it’s a great idea for church members to consider what Hemant might say about their own church.

    Rate your own church as if Hemant was in your head.

    In my case, Hemant already rated the church I went to the longest (The Moody Church; 12 years). So I don’t even need to speculate on what he thinks - I know. He gave it one of the worst ratings out of the ten. (This may have been partly because it was a prayer meeting during missions conference - so it gave a lot of exposure to two aspects of Christianity Hemant doesn’t like: 1) the things Christians choose to pray about and 2) Christian efforts to try to convert others)

    By the way, I posted this announcement on the IIDB (Internet Infidels Discussion Board)

  • Comment by: Julie Marie

    11 05/3/06 12:23 PM | Comment Link |

    I’d do a WWHT.

  • Comment by: Ir

    12 05/3/06 1:12 PM | Comment Link |

    Julie Marie, which do you think would come out more positive about your church: WWHT or WWJMT? ;)

  • Comment by: KSG

    13 05/3/06 2:27 PM | Comment Link |

    Which do you think would come out more positive about your church: WWHT or WWJMT?

    Hey, great question Ir, I’ve thought about doing a WWHT followed by a WWKSGT the following week, just to see if it would be considerable more different.

  • Comment by: Jim Henderson

    14 05/3/06 7:31 PM | Comment Link |

    you guys are very creative and funny

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