Research Consulting for Churches
A six-week study that shows you who your people really are and who's actually around you — in a plain-English report your leadership can act on. Starts at $2,500.
Core Offering
A six-week engagement that gives you a clear, data-driven picture of both your congregation and your surrounding community — designed for churches in a season of discernment, strategic planning, facilities decisions, or new ministry development.
Designed for your context and administered online, with paper available for those who need it.
A clear, visual analysis of your surrounding zip codes drawn from current Census data — written for leaders, not researchers.
Key themes, patterns, and insights from both the survey and the demographic data, in a single accessible document.
A 60-minute session walking your team through the findings and what they mean for your decisions.
Decisions We Help Churches Make
Churches bring us in when the stakes are real and a show of hands isn't enough. A few of the questions the Church Clarity Study is built to answer:
"Should we expand, renovate, or relocate?"
Before a capital campaign or a building decision, see who's actually around you and what your congregation will get behind.
"Is it time to launch, replant, or sunset a ministry?"
Test the real need and appetite before you pour a year and a budget into a new program.
"Who's in our pews — and who are we missing?"
Replace impressions and the loudest voices with a representative read on your whole congregation.
"How is our surrounding community changing?"
Current Census and local data show who your neighbors are now — not who they were a decade ago.
"We're in a season of discernment or transition."
Give your leadership a shared, honest picture of reality so you can move forward together.
"How do we make our case to the board or denomination?"
Walk in with credible, defensible evidence — and an executive summary built for the ask.
The Process
We begin with your questions — the decisions ahead and what you most need to understand about your congregation and community.
We field your custom congregational survey and build a demographic profile of your surrounding zip codes.
You receive an integrated findings report and a live leadership presentation that turns data into direction.
Data they could
actually act on.
A congregation at a genuine turning point needed honest feedback from their people before choosing a direction.
In Their Words
Will expertly guided our leadership team, helping us determine exactly what to ask and how to frame it. His guidance was instrumental in giving us the accurate data points we needed to make the right decisions.
Investment
Congregational Survey
$2,500
Survey design, administration, analysis, and summary findings.
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The complete six-week engagement
$4,500
Everything in Essential, plus the community demographic report, full findings report, and leadership presentation.
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$6,500
Everything in Standard, plus a discovery interview and an executive summary for denominational or grant use.
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Honest Answers
No. The methods underneath are rigorous, but everything you receive is written for leaders and boards — clear themes, visuals, and recommendations you can act on without a research background.
We love working with small to mid-sized congregations. Engagements start at $2,500 and scale to your questions — you're paying for clarity on a specific decision, not an enterprise research program.
The congregational survey is administered online, with paper available for members who need it — so you hear from your whole congregation, not just the digitally comfortable.
No. We work with churches across traditions. Our job is rigorous, honest data about your people and community — not to tell you what to believe. The discernment stays yours.
A typical Church Clarity Study runs about six weeks. Pricing is fixed and transparent — from $2,500 to $6,500, with full tiers in the Investment section above. No hourly billing, no surprises.
Know Your People
Tell us what your church is weighing. We'll help you sharpen the question and only recommend a study if we genuinely think we can help.
Get Started
Every engagement begins with a no-pressure conversation about your church's needs. Tell us a little about your context and we'll be in touch to schedule a time.