Run the Survey at your Church

All you need to know to run the 2026 NCLS at your church

NCLS 163 Low Res 01

Get ready to run the survey at your church!

First decide When, then decide How you will run the survey. Paper and online survey options are available to help your church to adapt, depending on your circumstances.

In your Survey Kit, you will find the Church Survey Coordinator's Guide for all you need to know, to run the survey in your church.

How it works

 

Churches sign up to participate in the 2026 NCLS by ordering surveys

Sign up



Then after ordering their surveys, churches will receive a Survey Kit in August to help them complete their surveys.





Where do you start?





The timeline allows churches to select the best date(s) to complete surveys.

Church Activities Survey: to be completed by one leader or administrator in August.

Church Life Survey: Attender Surveys to be completed by Adult Attenders and Child Attenders (if ordered) to be completed from September to October.

Leader Survey: to be completed by leaders, ordained and lay, from September to October. 

More information is in the Timeline.

 

 



How is your church gathering? Face to face or online?

Depending on your church's circumstances, suggestions are offered in the Guide on how to best run the survey at your church. 

Survey options include paper and online surveys that can be adapted to various modes of gathering.

5 Steps 200 X 200 01 (1)
5 steps to a successful survey

5 steps to a successful survey experience

Read more
IMG 1290
Prepare

Prepare your church for the National Church Life Survey

Read more
NCLS 177 Crop Low Res 01
Administer

Complete the surveys at your church using your Survey Kit

Read more