Q01
Message
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Church Congregation Feedback: Sermons, Belonging & Volunteering
Measures how congregants experience sermon relevance, community belonging, volunteering barriers, and the newcomer welcome — built for pastors, elders, and ministry teams planning where to invest attention. An AI follow-up reconstructs a real moment someone almost volunteered (or did), instead of settling for generic reasons like 'too busy.'
Sample questions
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15 questions · ~8 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the past 3 months, how often have you attended a worship service here?
- Every week
- 2-3 times a month
- Once a month
- A few times
- Not at all
Q03
Opinion ScaleRequired
How relevant have recent sermons felt to challenges you're actually facing in daily life?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:Not relevant at allMax:Extremely relevant
Q04
Matrix
How much do you agree with each statement about recent sermons?
3 rows × 5 columns
- The sermons address topics relevant to my daily life
- I understand how to apply what I hear this week
- The teaching feels connected to Scripture and to what's happening in the world
Columns: Strongly disagree · Disagree · Neutral · Agree · Strongly agree
Q05
Opinion ScaleRequired
How connected do you feel to this congregation as a community?
Scale: 1 – 7
Min:Not connected at allMax:Deeply connected
Q06
Multiple ChoiceRequired
In the last 3 months, how many times have you connected with someone from this congregation outside of a scheduled service (coffee, a meal, a phone call, small group)?
- Never
- 1-2 times
- 3-5 times
- 6 or more times
Q07
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which best describes your volunteering at this congregation right now?
- Currently volunteering regularly
- Volunteered before but not now
- Interested but haven't started
- Not interested in volunteering
Q08
Ranking
Whether or not you currently volunteer, rank these from biggest barrier to smallest — for you, or for people you know who don't volunteer.
- Not enough time
- Unsure what opportunities exist
- Unsure my skills are needed
- Childcare or scheduling conflicts
- Health or mobility limitations
- Never been personally asked
- Unsure how to get started
Drag to rank
Q09
Rating Scale
Thinking back to when you first started attending, how would you rate the welcome you received?
Range: 1 – 5
Min:Not welcoming at allMax:Extremely welcoming
Q10
AI Interview
Reconstruct one specific, concrete moment: either a time this person considered volunteering but didn't follow through, or a time they successfully started. Get what triggered the thought, what happened when they tried to find or ask about an opportunity, and what got in the way or made it work. If 'never been personally asked' or 'unsure how to get started' ranked as a top barrier, probe what a direct invitation or first step would have realistically looked like for them.
Q11
Message
Last, a few quick questions about you — totally optional, and only used to see patterns across groups.
Q12
Multiple Choice
How long have you been part of this congregation?
- Less than 6 months
- 6 months to 1 year
- 1-3 years
- 3-10 years
- More than 10 years
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Multiple Choice
What is your age range?
- Under 18
- 18-24
- 25-34
- 35-44
- 45-54
- 55-64
- 65 or older
- Prefer not to say
Q14
Multiple Choice
What is your gender?
- Woman
- Man
- Non-binary
- Prefer not to say
Q15
Message
That's everything — thank you for your honesty. Your answers go directly to our leadership team to shape sermon planning, small groups, and how we welcome and involve new people.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Includes a matrix and opinion-scale block specifically measuring sermon relevance and agreement with statements about recent sermons, not just a single satisfaction rating
- Uses a ranking question to surface the true hierarchy of volunteering barriers instead of a single 'why don't you volunteer' free-text box
- Pairs a rating on first-time newcomer welcome with an AI interview step that reconstructs one specific, concrete moment someone almost volunteered (or did) — replacing vague 'too busy' answers with a real story
- Separates optional demographic questions (age, gender, tenure) at the end, keeping the core experience questions front and center for pastors/elders reviewing results
Jotform
Ministry Feedback Form TemplateThis is a static, fielding-ready form built for a specific church (Orchard Hill) that Jotform offers as a customizable ministry feedback template. It covers general congregation feedback but is a form-builder artifact, not an interview experience with any adaptive follow-up logic. It's the only page in this set that's genuinely comparable to a church congregation feedback template.
What it does well
- Purpose-built starting point for churches/ministries rather than a generic business template
- Drag-and-drop customization typical of Jotform's form builder, so questions and branding can be edited quickly
- Easy to embed on a church website or share via link for low-friction distribution
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe deeper into a specific answer
- No mechanism to reconstruct a concrete moment or story behind an answer (e.g., a near-volunteering moment) — limited to whatever fixed fields are set up
- No automated per-response quality scoring or transparent prompt methodology; reporting depends on Jotform's generic analytics rather than a purpose-built report
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