I need your help.

We are about to undertake a very large survey of Protestant pastors in the United States. We want to ask them questions about their church, their lives, and their ministries.

It will be an anonymous survey, taken over the phone, and will be released (in parts) over the next few months.

So, here is my question: if you could ask thousands of pastors a question, what would it be? We want to get a picture of what is going on in the church today and this is one means to do so.

Keep in mind that it is best that it be answerable in a short format: yes/no, multiple choice, single word answer, etc.

I have spent the morning with my team and we are looking for ideas. Many of the questions are already committed for a project we have in motion, but we also have some room for others.

We can't guarantee we will use them, but if you put them here we might. And, if you have some questions you would want to ask for a project you are doing, please contact my staff at research@lifeway.com and we can talk about you being a client on the project.

Please share your thoughts below.