Pastor Money Questionnaire (for congregational money habits)

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1. How many of the people you are leading: Consider themselves as rich by global and historical standards (i.e. that stories such as that of the rich young ruler apply to them)?
Don't know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 75%)
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2. How many of the people you are leading: Understand how consumer culture works, it's designs and it’s spiritual dangers (that our culture’s default identity is that of a consumer not a disciple)?
Don't know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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3. How many of the people you are leading: Live below their means in order to witness and fund worthy causes?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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4. How many of the people you are leading: Have tools for simple living (not paying for brand names / status item, buying secondhand stuff, committing to the sharing economy, not funding consumption with debt)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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5. How many of the people you are leading: Give habitually (commit the first 10% of their pre-tax income to God)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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6. How many of the people you are leading: Embrace techniques to break consumption cycles and promote giving cycles (e.g. ‘giving away what you save’, ‘spend/splurge matching’, ‘giving through gifting’ & ‘buying time’ for ministry)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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7. How many of the people you are leading: Spend missionally (i.e. see their spending a flow of influence and intentionally direct their spending toward Christian business or organisations with positive social and spiritual impact)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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8. How many of the people you are leading: Have a framework for which kind of investments Christians should have a bias towards and which kind of investments Christians should have a bias against (i.e. a bias towards productive ventures with positive social and spiritual outcomes, bias against unproductive / speculative storeholds of wealth or ventures without positive social or spiritual outcomes)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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9. How many of the people you are leading: Invest intentionally (i.e. understand where money flows when it goes into the sharemarket, is deposited in the bank or actively choose superannuation funds)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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10. How many of the people you are leading: Invest impactfully (i.e. invest money in ventures with positive social and spiritual outcomes as well as financial returns)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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11. How many of the people you are leading: Have a framework for optimising their giving (i.e. free cash flow agency problem in not-for-profits, developmental vs. dependant giving, capital heavy vs. capital light giving)?
Don’t know
Most (more than 75%)
About half (50%)
Not many (less than 25%)
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The book has seven areas of focus (the steps). Here’s how you scored in each:

Identity & Culture Awareness
{1How3} & {2How}

Simple living
{3How} & {4How6}

Habitual giving
{5How7} & {6How8}

Missional spending
{7How}

Impact investing
{8How} & {10How}

Wise investing in the meantime
{9How}

Optimising giving
{11How}

Conclusion – the book aims to help people your congregation to live like a disciple with their money in all seven focus areas. A free copy of the book is available to church pastors on request. The book is designed to be read in community through small groups and contains a small group guide within. There is also a ‘should I read the book’ survey for small group leaders to introduce the topic. Feel free to contact the author if you’d like to chat more.
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