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Methodology
 The telephone survey of Protestant pastors was
conducted December 1-6, 2008
 The calling list was randomly drawn from a list of all
Protestant churches. Up to six calls were made to
reach a sampled phone number
 Each interview was conducted with the senior pastor,
minister or priest of the church called
 Responses were weighted to reflect the geographic
distribution of Protestant churches
Methodology
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 The completed sample is 1,004 phone interviews
 The sample provides 95% confidence that the
sampling error does not exceed +3.1%
 Margins of error are higher in sub-groups.
Almost all Protestant churches participate
in missions/ church planting
During the past 12 months, has your church…
Few churches sponsor a church plant on
their own
Among churches who directly participated in helping
start a new church in the last 12 months…
Don’t Know: 5%
Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12
months?
Less than one in five churches provides ongoing,
direct financial support to a church plant
Among all Protestant churches…
Which of the following best describes your church’s type of sponsorship or help of a new church during the past 12
months?
Viral Churches
 Multiply Everything
 Model Multiplication
 Let Churches Lead
 Welcome the Planter
 Define Missional Well
 Plant by Multiplication and not Funding
 Be Born Pregnant
 Open More Lanes
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Ethnic, lay, urban, bi-vocational, etc.
 Give Permission
 Overcome Fear