The Transforming Church Index (TCI) is an online tool that provides you with over 60 pages of data and information. It is designed to identify your church's organizational competencies and opportunities for improvement. The TCI has been carefully constructed to examine the 12 key scales that reflect organizational competence. These are typically the most neglected set of competencies for churches.
The TCI helps you assess how effective your church is at being a healthy organization — regardless of your size, denomination or context.
The 12 Scales expand into other areas such as: Member Satisfaction; Financial Health; Equipping the Members.
TAG's groundbreaking research with the TCI reveals Five Key Indicators that are the most critical elements of church health. They address questions related to how your members think about church:
- Member Contribution: Are we partners in ministry or are we consumers of the church's products?
- Assimilation: Do our members own the values and mission of the church?
- Trust In Leadership: Is leadership a shared function?
- Community Impact: Does our church have an inward focus or outward focus?
- Healthy Growth: What is our church's capacity to embrace change?
Before making any major decision, your church needs solid information to assess your capacity to launch a major initiative. Our research reveals that...
Churches who scored above the national median grew over a five year period:
- 21% membership growth
- 28% growth in worship attendance
- 35% growth in giving
- 93% currently involved in ministry
By contrast, churches who scored below the national median declined over a five year period:
- 2.4% decline in membership
- 5.7% decline in worship attendance
- Giving barely kept up with inflation
- 11% of members are currently involved in ministry
