Next Steps Spiritual Survey

To help you determine how you are doing on your spiritual journey, and to help you take your next step to toward Christ, please answer the questions below.

Once you hit submit, we will receive your responses which are very helpful to us as we provide environments and resources to help you take those steps. You will also have the option to receive a copy of your responses, so as you take the survey again in the future, you can track your growth.

DEMOGRAPHICS

1. I have been a Christian for:

Less Than a year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5-10 years

10 years or more

I am not a Christian

2. I made a personal decision to follow Jesus Christ in:

3. I have attended Journey Church for:

Less Than a year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5 years or more

4. How would you describe your current pace of spiritual growth?

Not growing, but content with where I am

Stalled and want to move

Slow but steady

Moderate growth

Rapid growth

5. The role that faith plays in my daily life is:

Unimportant

Somewhat important

Important

Very Important

6S – SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND PRACTICES

6. In an average week, I personally engage with the Bible (reading, listening, reading a devotional, etc.):

0 times

1-2 times

3-5 times

More than 5 times

7. My biggest challenge in engaging with the bible is:

Don’t have time

Understanding it

Finding a good devotional or reading plan

Knowing how to apply it to my life

8. In an average week, I spend time praying:

0 times

1-2 times

3-5 times

More than 5 times

9. I see prayer primarily as a way to:

Connect with God

Find peace in my life

Tell God my problems/needs

Grow in my faith

10. In an average month, I attend church (on-site or online):

1 times

2 times

3 times or more

11. The most important reason I attend church is to:

Learn from the teaching

Worship God

Connect with other people

Feel a connection to God

12. In the last year, I have shared my faith with someone:

0 times

1-2 times

3-5 times

More than 5 times

13. I currently have someone that I am sharing my faith with and praying will become a Christian:

Yes

14. I understand what my spiritual gifts are:

Yes

15. I currently volunteer on a ministry team at Journey or volunteer in the community:

Yes

16. When it comes to giving to my local church, I:

Give rarely

Give when I feel led to give

Give on a regular basis

Tithe 10% of my income

Give above and beyond my tithe

17. I believe my time, talents, and resources are God’s and I should be a good steward of them:

Yes

18. When it comes to friendships and community with other Christians, I:

Have no close Christian friends

Have 1-2 close Christian friends

Have several close friends who are Christians

Have many close friends who are Christians

19. I am currently, or have been in the past, involved in a small group at Journey Church:

Yes

DOCTRINE/THEOLOGY

20. I believe Jesus Christ is:

God

Only a religious teacher or spiritual leader

Unsure

21. I believe that Jesus Christ provides the only way for salvation and relationship with God:

Yes

Unsure

22. I believe that the Bible is God’s inspired and infallible Word and provides His instruction for life:

Yes

Unsure

23. All religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc.) are equal and lead to God:

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Somewhat agree

Strongly agree

24. When someone dies, I believe they will go to heaven because:

They are basically a good person

They followed the Ten Commandments

They confessed their sin and accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior

God loves all people and will not let anyone perish

I don’t believe in heaven

I am not sure what happens when you die

25. The spiritual manifestation gifts present in the early church (wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, miracles, prophecy, discernment, speaking in tongues, interpreting tongues) are valid and available to the church today:

Yes

Unsure

NEXT STEPS

26. The next step I need to take in my spiritual journey is:

Developing the practice of bible engagement and prayer

Discovering my spiritual gifts and using them to serve others

Sharing my faith with someone in my life

Developing close Christian friendships

Getting baptized

Other

27. I know someone who can help me to take that next step:

Yes

28. I know someone that I can help to take their next step toward Christ:

Yes

29. Journey Church could most help me to take my next step by:

Teaching about specific growth steps and how to take them

Providing me with tools and resources for taking my next step

Helping me get connected to a group that can help me take that step

Giving me opportunities to serve others

Other