Due February 28, 2025

Name of the Church *

Lead Pastor's name *

Please enter your / lead pastor's email address, so that you/ he/ she will receive a copy of the report

Person completing this report if not the lead pastor :

Let’s start with your 2024 story. (This section needs to be completed by the pastor.) What are the signs from 2023 of the Lord being at work:

a. In your ministry life *

b. In your congregation *

c. In your community? *

Church Statistics (Please give the information for the year 2024.)

We want to assemble a movement-wide picture of what happened in the FMCiC in 2024. We want to celebrate. We want to be aware of challenges. We want to research trends. To do this well, we need the following statistical information please.

Average of weekend worship attendance - individuals only counted once. *

What kind of services did you have at your church ? *

Online

In person

Combination of both

Homes in church directory (your contact list) *

Number of small groups (investigative or growth, special interest) *

Adult Conversions (that you can identify) *

Children / Teen Conversions (that you can identify) *

Total Adult Membership *

Comments: Please feel free to offer information that will help us to understand background behind any of the above statistics:

OPERATING INCOME 2024: Includes all income related to the ministries of the local church. It does not include money designated for Giving Streams, support for other ministries beyond the local church or capital fund drives or debt reduction. *

Does your church have rental/other income that supplements this budget? *

Yes

No

GLOBAL MINISTRY/OUTREACH ($ amount) not channeled through Giving Streams but tracked by your local church. (This information will be used to track collective support of these ministries.) *

Church Health

The FMCiC’s vision is “to see healthy congregations within the reach of all people in Canada and beyond”. The LifePlan is the best tool that we have been able to develop. If you are using it and have suggestions for improvement, please put them in the space below. If you have found a better alternative Church Health tool, please be sure to put that information below is well.

Regarding LifePlan, our church (choose one): *

Suggestions for improving LifePlan:

A good alternative to LifePlan that we are using is:

We have found it useful because:

Personnel

Is the lead pastor bivocational ? *

Yes

No

Has any member of the pastoral staff taken a sabbatical? *

Yes

No

if ‘yes’: name of pastoral staff member and start and end dates of sabbatical *

Has the Form 5 [Delegate's Report from the Performance Appraisal for all pastors serving under conference appointment] been filed with the Director of Personnel office? *

Yes

No

NA

Have all ordained and commissioned ministers (optional for retired) completed at least one Continuing Education Unit (CEU)? *

Yes

No

NA

Have the CEUs been documented and filed with the Director of Personnel office? *

Yes

No

NA

Please list all licensed lay ministers *

Does your church have a child protection policy in place? *

Yes

No

NA

Please explain what steps are planned to put a child protection policy in place in 2024? *

Please explain why your church doesn't need a child protection policy? *

Ministry Recruitment Referrals

POTENTIAL PASTORS/CHURCH PLANTERS emerging in your church. Please record their name, address and email. *

LIFE PLAN: Do you need any information about initiating the LifePlan process and if so, please identify? *

DELEGATE info: Please enter the name(s), address, phone number and email and indicate lead delegate and
reserve delegate: (one per line) *

NOTE(S)/ COMMENT(S) /QUESTION(S): Is there any other information you would like to communicate?

Please forward the above mentioned note(s)/comment(s)/question(s) to:

Intercultural Engagement (Missions)

What SHORT-TERM MISSIONS TEAMS in CANADA or INTERNATIONALLY or VISA workers have been sent out by your church? Please list their name, phone number, email, and the agency/organizational affiliation. *

What is your Missions Giving Stream Budget for 2025? *

What intercultural mission (FM or non-FM) has your church been engaged with INTERNATIONALLY in 2024? Please list the countries and a brief description of the work. *

What intercultural mission (FM or non-FM) has your church been engaged with in CANADA in 2024? Please list any organizational partnerships and a brief description of the work. *

What ICCM project and/or children is your church supporting? Please list the countries and a brief description of the work. *

Networks

Are you actively engaged with a meaningful network? *

Yes

No

Do do you feel that The Ministry Centre Staff help answer your questions in a timely manner? *