The History of the REVEAL Spiritual Life Survey "It started with a church doing a congregational survey. The initial results provided exceptional insights into individuals’ spiritual growth and development. Now we're opening the door to other churches—of all shapes and sizes—to work together to help people grow in their love of God and others.

REVEAL is more than just a book or survey—it’s a disciplship framework validated through a growing database of 280,000 congregants in more than 1,200 churches combined with a disciplined, continuous system to measure it, understand it, take action and monitor your progress over time." ~Willow Creek Association

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Browncroft's 2011 REVEAL Observations

Spiritual vitality index
2011 score = 69
2009 score = 63
The uptick may be due to a general increase in satisfaction with BCC.

Demographics
Largely unchanged from 2009 to present.
The largest age demographic is between 30-39 years of age.
11% report never being married, 76% are now married, 9% are divorced, 2% are separated, and 2% are widowed.
92% make more than $30k annually.

Tenure
Largely unchanged from 2009 to present.
10+ years = 33%
10 years or less = 67%

What People Want From BCC
The main categories are the same as 2009:
Interest in spiritual growth for self
Specific ways to live out faith
Desire to belong
Emotional needs and services

What's Working At BCC
The congregation gives the church highest scores for children's programs, moderate scores on all areas of providing help in spiritual growth and lowest scores on areas that help with a sense of belonging.
Personal Bible reading has risen significantly since 2009.
A general sense of satisfaction with worship and leadership was also reported.
Significant low scores are reported for other spiritual practices (confession of sin, discipling others, sharing one's faith) as well as in several key doctrinal beliefs (belief in a personal God, authority of the Bible, identity in Christ).

Conclusions
As in 2009, the widest and most significant gaps still exist between the congregation's expectations in the areas of spiritual formation and belonging as compared to their reported satisfaction with the church's offerings in these areas.
Addressing these gaps should be viewed as ministry priorities.