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The inaugural giveaway · six winners $1,000to use for your ministry3 winners Lifetime Grow Curriculumevery resource and tool, forever3 winners One of each for a Preschool, Elementary, and Student Ministry leader. Six different winners. Answer every question to be eligible. Ends November 16, 2026. See the prizes
Preschool
Elementary
Middle school
High schoolThree leaders win $1,000 to use for their ministry. Three more win lifetime access to Grow. Drawn at random from U.S. leaders who answer every question. Entries close November 16, 2026.
to use for your ministry
access to Grow Curriculum and every resource and tool we ever make
to use for your ministry
access to Grow Curriculum and every resource and tool we ever make
to use for your ministry
access to Grow Curriculum and every resource and tool we ever make
No purchase necessary. Giveaway open to U.S. residents 18 and older who serve in a church ministry. Void where prohibited. Official rules
This is a group project for the whole church. One leader's answers are a story; 300 leaders' answers are a map. When the inaugural survey reaches 300 responses, everyone who took part gets access to the full dataset, free.
43 questions across every part of ministry. Here's a taste.
When we hit 300, everyone who took part can explore the full, anonymous dataset.
See how leaders answered all 43 questions, in clear charts you can explore.
Filter by church size, ministry size, role, setting, region, and denomination.
How the ministries that keep volunteers, engage parents, and plan ahead actually do it.
What ministry roles are paid by church size, full-time and part-time.
Put two groups next to each other and see where they differ.
As responses keep coming in and the survey returns each year, see where ministry is heading.
This isn't a report that goes stale on a shelf. The dataset updates with every new response, and the survey returns every year. Our goal is to hear from thousands of church leaders across the U.S. and around the world, every year. You can be part of the very first one.
Discipleship, teaching, events, volunteers, families, environments, and planning. “Prefer not to say” still counts.
A 4-week teaching series and resources for every area of ministry, for Preschool, Elementary, and Students. Yours to keep.
Leave your email for data access at 300, and enter the giveaway. Both are stored apart from your answers.
How many leaders plan the year alone? How often do volunteers get trained? Who gets paid, and how much? Most of what we think we know about kids and student ministry is anecdote. Together, we can replace it with real answers.
Everyone who finishes gets our free resource library: a full 4-week teaching series, discipleship and event guides, volunteer and family resources, an original worship song, a game, and our planning tools.
Add your ministry →When the inaugural survey reaches 300 responses, the shared dataset unlocks for everyone who took part. You'll be able to explore every question, compare ministries like yours by church size, role, setting, and region, and see what's working for other leaders.
Yes. It's a living dataset. Every new response updates it, and the survey runs every year, so over time you'll see trends, not just a snapshot. Our goal is to hear from thousands of church leaders across the U.S. and around the world each year.
Finish the survey. On the thank-you screen, leave your email for data access (giveaway entrants are included automatically). We'll email you the day it unlocks.
No. The survey never asks for your name or email, results are only shown in groups, and no one can look up a single church. Emails for data access and the giveaway are stored separately from survey answers, and nothing connects them.
Yes, and we hope you will. Everyone who takes part gets the free resources and data access. The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only (see the official rules).
Anyone 18 or older in the United States who leads or serves in a church's preschool, elementary, or student ministry, paid or volunteer, and answers every question. “Prefer not to say” counts as an answer.
Six different people are drawn at random on or about November 18, 2026: three win $1,000 to use for their ministry and three win lifetime access to Grow, one of each per age group. We'll email winners by November 23, 2026.
It's a gift to use for your ministry. We send it to the winner's church or ministry, so it goes straight to your kids, preschoolers, or students.
Grow Curriculum plus every resource and tool we ever make, for as long as we make them, for your church. No renewal and no bill.
