Before You Begin: A How-To for Facilitators

This interactive, comprehensive guide is designed to help your team implement the Barna Insights to Action Framework, a powerful four-step process for transforming research, data and insights into meaningful action in your congregation or ministry. Based on the video sessions featuring Nona Jones, this curriculum translates theoretical concepts into practical exercises, in-depth discussion questions and actionable steps that will help your team navigate each phase of the framework with confidence and clarity.

The Insights to Action Framework addresses a common challenge in ministry leadership: how to move from information to implementation. Many churches collect data through surveys, assessments or informal feedback, but struggle to translate those insights into meaningful change. This curriculum bridges that gap by providing a structured, biblically grounded approach to listening deeply, imagining creatively, solving strategically and activating effectively.

Gathering Your Data

Before beginning the Insights to Action process, it’s essential to have meaningful data that provides a foundation for understanding your congregation and community. The ChurchPulse Assessment by Barna and Gloo is highly recommended as your primary data source for this framework, as it’s specifically designed to provide churches with actionable insights about their congregation’s spiritual health, engagement and needs.