Worship & Discipleship Reporting Policy/Procedure

Report the number of people involved, at the moment, in one-on-one/life-on-life discipleship including the person doing the discipling and the apprentice being discipled.

This disciple apprenticeship should include an intentional focus on the essentials of a walk with Jesus and a relational connection that last 8 weeks or longer.

Report the number of people you can identify as having received the gift of salvation through faith in Jesus and who have turned from their old way of life. This can include salvations that happen in services, life groups, or the discipleship efforts of people in their neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, or family.

Report the number of people who have been baptized that month as an act of obedience and a confession of faith in Jesus.

Missional Community/New Church
A Missional Community is led by a person or team, who is called to take the gospel to the schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, prisons, nursing homes, or other places with the clear mission vision of reaching them with the gospel. This is a missional outpost that is connected to your church but has been formed with the main purpose of reaching new people groups with the saving gospel of Jesus. 

Note: The difference between a MINISTRY of a local church and a MISSIONAL COMMUNITY is that a ministry serves those who already attend the church with the intent make missional disciples

Preaching Points
This is a missional community or the start of a new church, that reaches a stage where people have come to know Jesus, are being discipled, and someone from the sending church begins to preach and teach those gathering to equip and strengthen them for service and life. 

Churches
This is a new campus or church plant that has a recognized mature leader (may or may not be a pastor at this point), has come out of a sending church(es), and is able to function as a fully organized body.

Report the total average number of people who are actively participating in discipleship of any kind for the month; including people involved in one-on-one discipleship, life groups, sunday school, or missional communities.

Please use the following guidelines for counting online attendance:

• A team member should be available to serve as an online host and be engage those who are watching.
• Provide an opportunity for viewers to fill out a virtual connection card for the purpose of engaging them in the life of your church.
• Provide a way for people to respond to the service by sharing prayer requests or setting up a time to connect with a staff member in the following weeks.

Check the stats for each platform by the end of the weekend for each service you have.

• Church Online Platform: Peak concurrent number of devices x 2 = total viewers
• Streaming Provider (embedded website platforms such as Churchstreaming.tv): Total concurrent viewers during service times x 2 = total viewers
• Facebook: Peak live views x 2 = total viewers
• YouTube: Peak concurrent views x 2 = total viewers
• Other: If your platform does not provide peak concurrent views, count the users that remain connected at least 50% (or 30 minutes) of the livestreamed gathering.

Take the total number from each platform you offer to calculate your average weekend online live-stream worship attendance.

Keep in mind that we're trying to capture the number of people who watched and/or participated in a service online during your service times. Please do not report the numbers of those who watch/re-watch on-demand during the week.

How to find Facebook and YouTube Peak Views

Facebook Peak Views
Go to Meta Business Suite > Content (on the left-hand side) and then select Live in the “Post type” drop-down menu.

• Use the three dots button on a Live video and click Edit post.
• This will take you to the Live Producer page for the video. 
• Click Insights in the left navigation and Peak Viewers is the middle block in the top row.

YouTube Peak Views
Log in to your account

• Click on your account circle and pull up YouTube studio
• Click 'Content' on left side
• Go to the 'Live' tab and hover over the title for each Sunday’s service
• The 2nd image is video 'analytics'
• Find 'concurrent viewers' about halfway down page

This category is designed to celebrate the ministry impact churches have beyond their weekend services, including wherever services are watched (or listened to) outside of your normal, weekly livestream.

Formats include--and are not limited to--social media and podcasts such as Spotify, Apple, Anchor, etc. Once again, we're looking for users that watch/listen to at least 50% (or 30 minutes) of the recording.

Numbers should be collected no later than a week after your livestream or podcast. (Example: Views for a recording from Sunday's service would be counted through the following Saturday.)

Disregard using this category if your platform does not currently provide the number of views after the livestream.

We want to celebrate the creative and special ministries and events churches utilize in order to minister to their community. These are outreach events that do not happen on a weekly basis and may only happen once a year (i.e., Christmas and Easter-related events like Christmas Eve services, Maundy/Thursday services, Vacation Bible School or Adventure, Revivals, New Years Eve, 30-hour famines, and special creative events).

Missional Community/New Church
A Missional Community is led by a person or team, who is called to take the gospel to the schools, neighborhoods, workplaces, prisons, nursing homes, or other places with the clear mission vision of reaching them with the gospel. This is a missional outpost that is connected to your church but has been formed with the main purpose of reaching new people groups with the saving gospel of Jesus. 

Note: The difference between a MINISTRY of a local church and a MISSIONAL COMMUNITY is that a ministry serves those who already attend the church with the intent make missional disciples

Preaching Points
This is a missional community or the start of a new church, that reaches a stage where people have come to know Jesus, are being discipled, and someone from the sending church begins to preach and teach those gathering to equip and strengthen them for service and life. 

Churches
This is a new campus or church plant that has a recognized mature leader (may or may not be a pastor at this point), has come out of a sending church(es), and is able to function as a fully organized body.

Report the monthly average of those who attend a Life Group, Small Group, Bible Study, Sunday School, or are in a Missional Community.