Form one-off groups for the purpose of gathering views

If you limit yourself to collecting information from your existing church groups, then you risk not hearing from those on the fringes of the church, such as those who only attend church services, or those who are reluctant to fill in a questionnaire. A wider cross-section can be heard if special ad hoc groups are formed. These are most likely to be successful if they are based around existing groups such as house-groups. The regular group members can invite family and friends, and group leaders can be given a list of people to invite personally who don’t regularly attend a group. Such personal invitations can generate a high level of involvement. It is also the case that setting up all-age groups for this purpose could not only be a way of gathering views, but it could also be a way to start building the mutual listening and relating which is at the heart of being a family-friendly church.

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