Below are the original survey, the complete tabulation of results, and additional charts on evaluation mentioned on page 27.

ONLY respond to this survey if you are CURRENTLY employed, as clergy or as lay staff, by a church or synagogue.

For each question, please report the one letter that most closely corresponds to your answer. Click “Reply” and type your answer in each of the indicated spaces below. Then click “Send.”

1. How often are you evaluated?
   1. annually
   2. bi-annually
   3. other
   4. never

2. How helpful is this evaluation to your development as a leader?
   1. not at all helpful
   2. a little helpful
   3. somewhat helpful
   4. very helpful

3. How often are others on staff (either clergy or lay) evaluated?
   1. annually
   2. bi-annually
   3. other
   4. never

4. How often does your congregation conduct an evaluation of its program of ministry?
   1. annually
   2. bi-annually
   3. other
   4. never

5. Are you clergy or lay?
   1. clergy
   2. lay

Responses to Leader Evaluation Survey
total number of responses: 596

	Total responses	Mutual ministry review*	Not mutual ministry review**
1. How often are you evaluated?
Annually	65.77%	94.96%	66.91%
Biannually	4.53%	5.04%	5.04%
Other	18.12%	0.00%	11.75%
Never	11.58%	0.00%	16.31%
2. How helpful is this evaluation to your development as a leader?
Not at all helpful	15.26%	5.98%	19.74%
A little helpful	32.32%	26.50%	35.53%
Somewhat helpful	36.80%	44.44%	31.32%
Very helpful	15.62%	23.08%	13.42%
“not at all” or “a little”	47.58%	32.48%	55.26%
“somewhat” or “very”	52.42%	67.52%	44.74%
3. How often are others on staff (either clergy or lay) evaluated?
Annually	67.58%	79.66%	69.21%
Biannually	4.29%	3.39%	4.43%
Other	12.86%	5.93%	9.85%
Never	15.27%	11.02%	16.50%
4. How often does your congregation conduct an evaluation of its program of ministry?
Annually	25.88%	94.96%	9.86%
Biannually	4.37%	5.04%	4.81%
Other	40.50%	0.00%	43.75%
Never	29.24%	0.00%	41.59%
5. Are you clergy or lay?
Clergy	92.45%	93.28%	92.33%
Lay	7.55%	6.72%	7.67%

* Mutual ministry review are those responses in which both question 1 and question 4 were answered “annually” or “biannually.”

**Not mutual ministry review are those responses in which either question 1 and question 4 had different responses or question 1 was answered “never.”

How helpful is this evaluation
to your development as a leader?

Are you clergy or lay?