Christ Community Church

Brand Exploration Questionnaire

The purpose of this initial questionnaire is for us to begin to get an idea of Christ Community Church, it’s identity and calling, and for you to begin (or continue) processing some of the key questions we’ll lean on as we begin exploring your visual identity. These questions start fairly easy but get more nuanced as you progress, so please set some meaningful time aside to complete this before our kickoff meeting.

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Name

First Name

Last Name

Church Background

1. What is the story of Christ Community Church?

(How was the church started? What have been the meaning fully formative moments in its life?)

2. What would an "outsider" say about Christ Community?

(That is; what would a non church-goer have to say (if anything) about the church? What’s it’s reputation in the larger community?)

3. What do other Christians in town say about Christ Community?

(That is; what would someone at a different church in the area say about Christ Community?)

Demographics

1. Describe the general demographic makeup of your existing attendees.

(Please provide numbers or percentages if available. Please be detailed here and give me as clear a picture as possible. How does your congregation break down by age, gender, ethinicity, socioeconomics, and vocation?)

2. What peculiarities do you notice about the church’s demographic breakdown?

(Is there a disproportionately large number of single mothers? Is it almost exclusively young families? Is it skewed vocationally? Ethnically? Generationally?)

3. As you understand it, how do these compare to the demographics of your community? Does your demographic breakdown match the larger community or are there noticeable differences? If so, are you comfortable with that or do you want to see that change?

Cultural Context

1. Who are the big influencers in the community?

(ie: Is your community dominated by a university presence? Is there an industry that’s very influential in your community? Are there any particular peculiarities about your community?)

2. How is the culture of your community changing?

(ie: What is booming in your area? Is the area growing or shrinking? How is that changing the culture of the area? How’s that changing the demographic makeup?)

Key Question | 3. What do you consider the chief idol(s) of your community?

(What are the things that pose the most common or significant hurdles in spiritual growth for your community? What are the particular barriers you have sensed to the gospel breaking through? What are the biggest things stopping people from being more interested in the gospel?)

Unique Gifting & Calling

1. How has God uniquely positioned your church?

(ie: Has he positioned you in a part of town between two very distinct communities? Are you in a distictly artistic neighborhood, or perhaps a wall-street-like business district?)

2. How has God uniquely gifted and/or resourced your church?

(ie: Has God uniquely blessed your church with artistic talent and creative potential? Has he given your church an abundance of financial resources to generously steward? Do you have an abundance of mature spiritual mothers and fathers looking for folks young in their faith to pour into? When you survey the Church world, what do you distinctly notice about your church in particular?)

3. How do you sense God uniquely working through your church?

(For example, one might say of Hillsong that God’s moved in them to remind the Church the joys of whole-hearted worship. Or, they might say of Redeemer Presbyterian, that He’s moved in them to play a “professorial,” reminding people of the intellectual rigor of the gospel, and winsomely srticulating how the gospel confronts the cultural zeitgeist of our time.)

Key Question |4. In light of all this and more, how do you sense God uniquely calling your church?

Not every local church has the same calling. Not every local church plays the exact same role in the body. What is distinct about the role you sense God calling your church to play?