Survey of DC Graduates

Impact of DC (rated from 0-10)

Thoughts:

1. Glad/thankful to see big numbers all the way around.
2. Somewhat surprised to see so little difference between highest-rated (educational) and
   lowest-rated (missional).
3. Not much difference between men and women, but surprised to see higher marks from
   women on missional and transformational.
4. Other churches (in KY’ana and outside) are more likely to give DC higher marks,
   particularly in the last three categories. (Does this indicate greater, relative impact of DC
   or greater impact in smaller settings or…?)
5. Not included in the table above, but the first two DC years rated transformational as
   only 7.30 (vs. 8.20 average) and enhance vision as only 7.59 (vs. 7.96 average). Perhaps
   Kurt or I were weaker in this area; or it reflects the guinea pigs we chose; or they
   benefitted from improvements in the curriculum, process, and clarification of goals.

Impact of DC as a… (rated from 0-2)

Other results of interest (although I’m not sure what they mean):

1. Compared to men, women were…
• more likely to have done significant Bible memory prior to DC (1.85 vs. 1.45)
• more likely to understand that our goals in using Crabb were more group than individual (47% vs. 37%), but less likely to see Crabb as valuable for group chemistry (45% vs. 58%)
• more likely to rate DC as 10 on “transformational” (43% vs. 25%)
• less likely to hate Crabb! (8.5% vs. 18%)
2. Those at non-KY’ana churches had more avid Bible reading prior to DC (2.22 vs.
   1.98) and more Bible memory prior to DC (1.79 vs. 1.52).
3. Those at churches other than SE were more likely to see some or much impact of DC
   in strengthening them as a layleader (92% vs. 84%).
4. Understanding our goals for Crabb increased significantly in 2009 and beyond—from
   28% to 42%. (This lines up with the changes we made to the DC301 book in that time
   frame.)
5. Those who liked Crabb were…
• much more likely to see it as good for group chemistry: 78% of “likes”; 49% of OK’s; and 33% of “hated its”
• more likely to value Boyd & Eddy (2.10 vs. 1.95)
6. Those who hated Crabb were less likely to see DC as educational (8.57 vs. 8.87) and
   transformational (8.07 vs. 8.30), but more likely to see it as missional (7.91 vs. 7.62).

In the open-ended questions…

1. For the most memorable week/section, we received three common answers: doing
   reports/presentations (30% of respondents); Spiritual Disciplines retreat (10%); and
   Crabb’s book (10%).
2. The “use” of DC (afterwards) was all over the board; I didn’t see any patterns there.
3. How DC changed their “approach to life” was all over the board, but there was a big
   emphasis on a.) more confidence to engage people; b.) greater vision for disciple-making;
4. enhanced personal discipline; and d.) improved practice of spiritual disciplines.
5. Suggestions on edits/additions were piecemeal. There were a smattering of calls for
   more service opportunities within DC—something we ask of co-leaders, but don’t always
   get.