Congregational Surveys

What do your people actually believe about God and the Bible? To what extent are they living out biblical practices? Confirmation bias can trick us into assuming that our people are closely following Jesus in their faith and practice.


Some church leaders employ one-size-fits-all generic surveys in an effort to understand their congregation. Docent offers surveys that we custom build from scratch in close collaboration with your executive team. We measure what you actually need to measure.

Would you like to know that your church’s DNA is being made real in the lives of your people? Strategically, would it also help to know your church’s DNA is not being made real in the lives of your people? Know what works can help you build on success, and knowing what doesn’t work can help you strategize for change and growth.

Through our custom surveys, we turn your church’s vision, mission, and values into testable variables so you can see the patterns of people being formed according to your DNA. This allows church leaders to make strategic adjustments in order to help those who are stuck get unstuck and get moving on their journey to maturity in Christ.

I am thankful not just for the quality of the data produced by Docent’s social sciences team, but their willingness to go above and beyond to make sure we were satisfied with the work they did. I would gladly recommend Docent to any church that is interested in understanding and knowing their people through survey analysis.
— Scott Hekman, downtown campus executive pastor, The Austin Stone