In the course of filling in the survey questionnaire, pastors and Christians have been edified. Several pastors commented that they were glad they had taken the time and effort to fill in the questionnaire as now, they have a more comprehensive record of their own churches.

Many Christians, who participated in the survey, said the questions have given them a broader perspective of the Christian faith, particularly in relation to their work, family and society.

Furthermore, many pastors and Christians said the survey questions had "forced" them to assess their relationship with God as they reflected on several issues raised in the questionnaire.

Meanwhile, we are still waiting for the remaining churches to return their completed forms. A number of churches have informed us that they received the survey packages almost a month after they were posted while several packages were returned to our office undelivered.

Therefore, churches that have not received the survey packages are advised to call the NECF Malaysia office immediately. For churches that do not operate an office during the weekdays, kindly give us an alternative address where there is someone to receive the package.

The first batch of the completed questionnaires has been sent for data analysis via computer scanning. We hope to complete the analysis by end-September so that the first survey report can be sent to the participating churches before year-end.