As a local church, we want to help our members and friends grow in faith and trust in Jesus. As United Methodists, we believe in the unconditional love and grace of God that is going before us and inviting us into a deeper relationship with God and others. As we work toward helping each other grow together we’re offering an intentional tool to better equip our community to grow in faith called a Discipleship Survey.
The Discipleship Survey will assist Good Shepherd to better understand where we are – individually and congregationally – in growing as disciples of Jesus. We invite you to participate in our Discipleship Survey using an online tool that will help us measure our personal and corporate discipleship. This survey will explore your faith development in the areas of worship, hospitality, obedience, service, and generosity. This survey is a critical step to help us better understand our individual discipleship journeys and to give us a total picture of our congregational faith development. God is inviting us to press forward and embrace innovative ways to help people follow Jesus today. The results will be shared at a later date.
Please follow the directions below. If you have questions contact Erika Stein, Communications Director at Erika@gsumcrva.org or call 804-270-7613. If you would like a printed copy of the survey, please let us know. Your participation is appreciated.
SIGN UP
1. To begin, click on this link or place it in your browser: https://www.discipleshipsurvey.com/1/
2. Click the blue button “Use Your Church’s Access Code”
3. Type in church code PEACEANDJOY and click “submit”
4. You should see “Conference Code Validated” then click “continue”
5. From there, select our district (Richmond) and our church (Good Shepherd). Enter your email and choose a password, this enables you to receive your results. Then, they click the “Sign Up” button. Keep your login information so you can login at another time to see your growth.
6. You should see “You have successfully registered. You can log in now.”
7. Click “Login here” and fill in the email and password you just created.
8. If you Edit your Profile, you can choose which predetermined groups you belong to in the church. For example No for Council, No for Staff and Yes for Laity.
9. Take the Real Discipleship Survey by clicking the blue “Take Survey” button.
10. Select one box of each color that fits you best. After completing the survey use the blue “Submit Survey” button.
11. You should see “You have successfully completed a survey. You can view it on your Member Dashboard now. Click RETURN to go to your dashboard now. You have surveys remaining.
12. Click “Return” to view your results. Your results are not attached to your name when the data is compiled. Each applicant is a number so your results are anonymous.
VIEW SURVEY RESULTS
Your survey results will be available after completing the survey.