Want to know how EFFECTIVELY your church is reaching men?

There are two ways to find out:

1. Take our leadership survey today.

This quick, 10-minute online survey is designed to gather church leadership opinion of their men's ministry. Upon completing the survey, an EFCA men's ministry coach will contact you to review the results.

2. Gain a man-in-the-pew perspective by conducting an online survey of the men in your church.

The EFCA has teamed up with BoldPath Life Strategies to provide a confidential third-party survey that the men in your church can take online in less than 10 minutes. EFCA churches may order this service online directly fromNextStep Resources.

To learn more about BoldPath Life Ministries, please click here.

Men's Survey

What is it?

The BoldPath Men's Assessment survey is a 25 question survey, including five questions reserved for your specific use.  In order to ensure a high response rate, the survey is designed to move as efficiently as possible through the following topics:

• Personal profiling information
• Degree of current participation in men's ministries and interest areas
• Perceptions of men's ministries
• Personal needs and relationship assessment
• Improvement suggestions

How does it work?

Once you decide to get started, BoldPath Life Strategies will send you the baseline survey which you can review and add two or three custom questions of your own.
Once the survey has been set up, you simply distribute an email to the men in your church (or BoldPath can do it for you) that invites them to participate in the study.

They open the email and click on the link that takes them to the online survey.  In less than 10 minutes, they're done.

When the survey collection period is complete (we recommend two or three weeks), we'll send you a graphical summary of the collective set of responses from which you can develop your men's ministry strategy.

How much does it cost?

The fees for this service are $325 for churches under 500 average weekend attendance and $450 for those over 500 average weekend attendance. 

How do I get started?

The BoldPath Men's Assessment Survey is orderable directly from the NextStep Resource Center.  Click here to go to NextStep Resources to order the Men's Assessment Survey now.

How do I learn more?

To learn more about the BoldPath Men's Assessment Survey, visit the BoldPath Life Strategies survey website where you will find additional information including a list of frequently asked questions.

Who is BoldPath Life Strategies?

BoldPath Life Strategies is the EFCA ministry partner providing confidential surveys to uncover the needs of the men in our churches.  Their survey has been used by churches to help shape ministry strategies and programs to foster growth in Christ among men.

Why BoldPath?

EFCA teamed up with BoldPath because they provide a safe and efficient way to gather information from men that they may not otherwise share with their name attached to it.
The survey is entirely confidential.  As a church you will receive an aggregated report of the survey results - no information identifying the individual is disclosed.

Because the survey is conducted entirely online, it is an efficient and effective way to gather feedback from men.  A paper version is also available for those men who do not have an e-mail address.