To determine how adults view the participation of young people in their church.

OVERVIEW

ADULT QUESTIONNAIRE

We appreciate your cooperation in this survey. The questionnaires are anonymous, and confidentiality is assured. We hope you will be able to compare your collective adult responses to those of the youth in your church and responses elsewhere around the country. Feel free to omit any information you do not care to give.

1. How would you assess the presence and participation of young people in your church?

 

 

a) good
b) average
c) poor

 

 

2. How would you like to see the youth more involved
(specify)?________________________________

3. What do you think young people like most about church?

 

 

a) the music
b) the sermons
c) prayer
d) their friends
e) other (specify)_____________________________

 

 

4. What do you think young folks want most from church?

 

 

a) encouragement
b) challenge
c) peer support
d) personal attention from adults
e) religious or spiritual information or instruction

 

 

5. In what way is the religious faith of our youth weakest?

 

 

a) in the clarity of their commitment
b) in their ability to share their faith with friends
c) in the integration of faith and ethics
d) in their knowledge of doctrine and the Bible
e) in their appreciation of their own church tradition
f) in their understanding of worship

 

 

6. What percentage (consider how many out of ten and make into a round number, 10%, 20% 30%, etc.) of high school youth in your town:

 

 

____ go to church or religious function once a week
____ have a job
____ have cheated in the past on school work
____ currently cheat in school work
____ have used alcohol or illegal drugs in the past
____ currently use alcohol or drugs
____ have engaged in petting
____ have experienced sexual intercourse
____ tend to be racist or snobbish
____ have an adequate sense of future direction

 

 

7. What percentage of young people active in your Sunday School or youth group:

 

 

____ attend church or a religious function once a week
____ have a job
____ have cheated in the past on school work
____ currently cheat in school work
____ have used alcohol or illegal drugs in the past
____ currently use alcohol or drugs
____ have engaged in petting
____ have experienced sexual intercourse
____ tend to be racist or snobbish
____ have an adequate sense of future direction

 

 

8. My children are more comfortable discussing sensitive issues

 

 

a) with their father
b) with their mother

 

 

9. My children are more comfortable discussing sensitive issues

 

 

a) with their parents
b) with another adult friend

 

 

10. My children would more likely discuss a sensitive issue

 

 

a) with their parents
b) with a friend (peer)

 

 

11. My children would most likely discuss a sensitive issue

 

 

a) with a pastor or priest
b) with a youth leader

 

 

12. What I most want for my children at this stage of their life is______________________________

13. What I would hope the church could give my children at this point in their lives is______________________

Your gender____ City or town________ State____ Country____

Denomination________ Date of this survey________

Thanks so much!

Dean Borgman cCYS