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PK questionnaire

Below are the questions we asked PK's (Preacher's Kids) from around the world.  Most of the responses were not from subscribers.

  1. How old are you?
  2. What is the denomination in which you grew up?
  3. Do you still count yourself as a part of that denomination?
  4. Which parent is ordained and what was your age when s/he was ordained?
  5. How often did you attend church as a child?
  6. If you are married, did you marry someone involved in the church?
  7. Was that a consideration when you looked for a spouse?
  8. Do you attend church, now?
  9. How often?
  10. If you don't attend now, do you believe that having children will change that (or did having children change your involvement in the church)? 
  11. If you're not active in church now, what do you see as some of the reasons?
  12.  
    In regards to church attendance:
  13. What will you do (or do you do) differently with your children than your parents did with you?
  14. What did your parents do well?
  15. What do you wish your parents had done differently?
  16. What did parishioners, parishes, dioceses do well?
  17. What do you wish parishioners, parishes, dioceses had done differently?



The Church and the PK

Twenty PK's responded to the questionnaire.  Their responses are linked below:
 
 
 
Would you like to weigh in on any (or all) of the questions we have posed to PK's? Email us and let us know.

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