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VISIONS·DECISIONS supplies judicatories with solid studies that accurately capture your region's particular demographic, social and religious trends and how they touch your churches. These studies anchor your strategic planning, pinpoint places for new missions, and assist local churches in navigating the turbulent currents of post-industrial society. The Regional
Population Study and the Ethnic Regional Study employ a range of quality data sources to plot a
course that is especially helpful in ethnic and immigrant missions, urban
and rural ministry, and responsive outreach. And the studies are backed
by our unlimited personal support. Regional Population Study: Our intensive strategic study, the Regional Population Study, is an authoritative demographic, social and religious portrayal of your area. It is uncommonly conducive to bolstering local congregations and founding creative new missions. A one-time study, it will serve you and your churches for many years. The Regional Population Study comes with program options which your judicatory and churches can buy into as they wish. Every study is built around the particular needs of your judicatory and churches. The Regional Population Study uses an array of quality data sources, providing detailed, extensive current and projected demographics, data from the 2000 Census, and unique sources of immigration, economic and long-range data that we provide. We employ our exclusive Unchurched/Churched Index, Religious Preference Index, and National Church Database to paint a solid religious portrait of your area and your present place in it. We carefully work you through the data, point out its impact on your judicatory, and formulate strategic choices based on it. Focusing on a variety of key population changes, the Regional Population Study pinpoints Priority Places for an array of promising new missions and revitalizations, with a special attention to ethnic and immigrant ministries, as well as age-based and general missions. It also highlights Concern Places with adverse trends for existing churches. We assemble a customized Special Map Study for each of the top Priority Places and most problematic Trouble Spots. We work you through the data, its implications, and your choices in a special workshop for your responsible committees and staff. The Regional Population Study itself is a carefully presented narrative report, with plentiful supporting color graphs, maps and data tables. In addition, the judicatory receives two FaithScape Maps of your area, utilizing data of your choice. Every church also receives a customized Special Map Study, showing current data and summarizing the overall findings, and pointing to possible directions in ministry, mission and program for local congregations. We also will make available your demographic data by Zip Code to your churches, committee and staff through our website. As a follow up, we provide program options you may choose from as you like. These include workshops for local congregations and for new mission strategy, discounts on local area and on-site studies, and additional data in subsequent years both in text documents and on the Internet. The Regional Population Study is an affordable study that should greatly benefit your judicatory and churches. Priced from $6,500 to $15,000, depending on your area, it is also a superior study with no long-term contract to tie you down. We'll be happy to visit with your respective staff and committees about the Regional Population Study. Call us at 1-800-524-1445 or reply by this response e-mail to set up an appointment. 
Ethnic Regional Study: The Ethnic Regional Study is a report focusing on a particular or multiple ethnic groups in your region. It contains complete demographic data on each ethnicity, including age, household types, education, occupation, time of entry, and housing types. The report provides overall information for your region, as well as basic information of each of your churches. In addition, the report identifies Priority Places for new ethnic missions. Ethnic Profiles are prepared for the top Priority Places and congregations with the largest ethnic populations around them. Comes with a solid report and a two-hour presentation workshop. Backed, too, by our outstanding personal support, the Ethnic Regional Study costs $2,000 to $6,000. Please call 1-800-524-1445 or use this e-mail response for more information or to schedule a study. |
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