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 VISIONS·DECISIONS supplies comprehensive, easy-to-understand demographic studies especially designed for congregations and new missions. Whether you're a congregation trying to revitalize your church, revamp your program, reach out to others, uncover new mission, set outLocal Population Study long-range plans, call new ministry, put up new buildings, or move to a new location, demography is an important tool in the process. Our narrative reports are ideal for churches working through the ins and outs and twists of demography: They illustrate, they explain, and they advise.
VISIONS·DECISIONS can assist you with either the extensive Local Population Study for congregations, the quick-look Special Map Study for checking on new mission sites, or the Ethnic Profile. As with all our services, both are top value reports, using top quality, up-to-date data, tailored to your particular needs, and backed by our unlimited, personal support.

Local Population Study: This premium report is for existing churches and new churches. Presented in carefully prepared maps, charts and tables are:

  • Over 50 demographic variables, including current year data and five-year projections on such items as population, households, age, race and ethnicity, and income, and more, as well as the latest available Census data on such items as education, marital status, occupation and housing.
  • Our exclusive Unchurched/Churched Index, showing rates of affiliation in your area.
  • Our exclusive Religious Preference Index, showing religious leanings in your area.
  • Our exclusive National Church Database, showing most of the churches in your community, and their theological bent, denominational family, race/ethnicity, and membership size, and
  • Images, our exclusive cultural and religious pictures of people in local area.

Based on your local area, the report points out useful general directions in worship, program, church school, evangelism, social ministry and parish ministry. You can define that local area around your church as you wish based on several methods: By community or other physical boundaries, by general distances, or by Zip Codes. These are matched to standard Census geography, and broken into three parts to show social and religious differences within your community. And finally, the easy to follow 50-page narrative is illustrated with dozens of color tables, maps and graphics. Through December 31, 2004, by using our Internet order form, you can buy the report at $239.50. Our Internet Service Account price is $214.50. The report takes about a week to deliver after ordering. If you'd prefer to order an LPS via mail, simply use our downloadable order form here (if you do not have Adobe Acrobat on your system, click here to download the free version.) or call us at 1-800-524-1445 for a form by mail or fax.

To see excerpt pages in Adobe Acrobat from the Local Population Study, click here.

Special Map Study: This report is for situations such as studying sites for new churches when you need to look at a larger area but don't need a lot of specific data. The Special Map Study is a set of 12 thematically colored, geographically detailed maps showing current demographic data by Census Tract of a place ranging up to 20 miles in width. Standard map set includes 5 Year Projected Population Change, Median Age, Percent Young Adults, Percent Children, Average Household Size, Percent Families, Percent Minority Racial, Net Projected African-American Change, Net Projected Asian-American Change, Net Projected Hispanic-American Change, Median Household Income, and Unchurched/Churched Index. The maps also show local churches and data on them in our National Church Database. The report comes with explanatory text and two pages of tabular data. Additionally, map packages can be customized to show special data, including hard-to-get country of birth or origin for ethnic groups (such as Haiti, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nigeria, etc.) Basic package is $189.50. Internet Service Account price is $169.50. Customized packages requiring special data may involve extra charges. Delivery is about seven days after ordering (except for customized packages). To order a Special Map Study, use this Internet order form.

Ethnic Profile: This report provides complete demographic data for particular ethnic Ethnic Profile groups in a local area. Report is a two-page summary of information with four graphs; one page of tabular data; a color map showing ethnic population locally; and a page of ideas for ethnic and immigrant missions and ministries. Demographic data includes numbers, age, household type, occupation, education, income, time of entry, and housing types. Ethnic groups for which data is available include all races and most major places of origin, including Brazilians, Haitians, Nigerians, and various Native American groups. Study is limited to areas in which particular ethnic group constitutes at least 300 households. Basic report is $89.50. THROUGH JAN. 31, 2005, GET TWO ETHNIC PROFILES FOR $89.50! Delivery is about seven days after ordering.

To see the Ethnic Profile report in Adobe Acrobat, click here. To order an Ethnic Profile, call us at 800-524-1445.
  

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