Friends all over the United States have been invited from the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) to take part in a religious life survey they are helping promote. Our yearly meeting is sharing this opportunity so meetings in our region can participate.
FWCC links Friends across the Americas through worship, dialogue, and fellowship; PYM participates by naming representatives to its Sections of the Americas to keep those connections active. The survey asks for one response from each congregation, offered by someone who knows the meeting well, and it gives Friends a direct way to add clear or current information about community life.
(FROM FWCC) Every Quaker congregation in the US is invited to participate in a national study of religious life in the United States. This survey can be completed by your pastor, clerk, treasurer, a staff member, or any other well-informed congregational leader–but please, only one submission per congregation.
This is the eighth survey in the Faith Communities Today (FACT) series, and the first in which Quakers have participated. It’s also part of the study Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations (EPIC). Both the FACT and EPIC studies aim to provide religious leaders of all traditions critical information about the changing nature of congregational life and how to respond effectively. All results are aggregated, and reports are freely available at www.faithcommunitiestoday.org.
The survey will take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. If any questions do not apply to your congregation, feel free to select the “Does Not Apply” option, or just skip the item. The survey is available here: https://covidreligionstudy.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0Dllk2ysM46FN8W
Responses will be accepted until December 15. Again, only one response per congregation, please. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Philip Maurer, philipm@fwccamericas.org.
