“Communities that are built to evangelize form communities that can weather change.”
When I arrived as a new pastor to St. Anne Catholic Church in the Diocese of Tulsa, we used the Disciple Maker Index survey in 2013 to scan the environment and set a spiritual benchmark for the parish. We used this information to create a strategic plan that became the building block for the parish’s future growth spiritually as well as in numbers. After three years we took the survey again and celebrated our growth. That second Disciple Maker Index then drove the second pastoral plan.
The Disciple Maker Index gave me a live update on the spiritual health of my community. This changed how I preached regarding discipleship and personal responsibility in the spiritual life. The data also gave us focus on ministries and programs that needed to be added or taken away.
With each passing year, the data continues to speak about the original assumptions of parish life. Strong pastoral leadership from the clergy, strong culture of hospitality that welcome people in, dynamic and sacred liturgies with strong preaching — all are profoundly formative.
The Disciple Maker Index (DMI) is a survey tool that supports Church ministry with objective data, helping Church leaders recognize their potential and envision future possibilities through a deep analysis of attitude and belief, participation, relationship/satisfaction, and demographics.
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