Second Annual Survey on the Impact of the Pandemic on Pledge Drives

In Spring 2020, Stewardship for Us conducted a survey on the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on last year’s stewardship campaigns and pledge fulfillment.  With 89 respondents, the survey revealed better than anticipated financial and participation results.  However, responses indicated that many congregations had started their annual pledge drives before the full-on ‘lockdown’ went into effect in mid-March.

We invite you now to participate in this follow-up impact survey, and help us gather information and perspective on how congregations are faring in the second year of this pandemic.  Many congregations may have conducted all-virtual pledge drives; many may have made more use of phone calls and mailings; and some congregations in which members were vaccinated by April may have attempted some porch visits.

We designed this 10-minute survey to obtain wider understanding about congregational stewardship and the adjustments congregations have made in this challenging time.  We are seeing pledge themes about resilience, staying strong together, deepening connections, and broadening our beloved communities.  Please help us by completing this survey to the best of your knowledge, or please forward it to someone with more knowledge about your annual pledge drives.  We will share the results in a future blog and webinar as we did last year. 

Please complete the survey by Friday June 4. Thank you! 

Purpose of Survey:

• Obtain wider knowledge on congregational stewardship and pledge drives and the transitions congregations have undertaken since the pandemic and economic crisis took hold of our country.
• Provide an overview sense of denominational shifts in pledge drive strategies and results.

Here is your link to the survey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y6K3BPM

If you have any questions or issues filling out the survey, please email us at Barry@StewardshipForUs.com or Liz@StewardshipForUs.com

Thanks so much for your participation!