Ten Key MissionInsite Ministry Applications
Learn how you can use MissionInsite to understand your donors, congregants, and community.
To help you get started, explore ten applications for ministry, including demographic analysis, strategic planning, and community engagement, using advanced tools and data insights.
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Determine ministry opportunities using tools and interactive maps
You can draw different radius and drive-time geographies to see how small changes in ministry area can create a very different demographic profile of your community.
Answer strategic ministry questions in your community
Which neighborhoods in your community are growing? Are you curious about your community's diversity and wonder if your church/parish membership reflects your community's demographics? Do you know your church's/parish's financial support potential?
MissionInsite helps you answer those questions based on data, not perceptions. You can see if your membership and ministry truly reflect your community.
Anticipate population trends before they happen with current demographic information
MissionInsite uses Synergos Pop Stats, a premier demographic forecaster, to monitor population trends.
We update information twice a year based on the United States census, current year population estimates, five-year projections and ten-year forecasts.
Make informed ministry decisions based on local religious preferences, practices, and beliefs
MissionInsite's MinistryInsite and ReligiousInsite Reports are powered by a national survey of nearly 15,000 people. American Beliefs Study data, exclusive to ACS Technologies, is the only neighborhood-level religious information publicly available to churches/parishes.
With this information you can discover religious trends, faith preferences and participation, media usage, denominational affiliations, life concerns, and other information about your community.
Learn about households and lifestyle in your ministry area with Mosaic USA lifestyle segmentation
MissionInsite provides comprehensive lifestyle and household information from the Mosaic USA Global Segmentation System.
This data is updated annually and suggests ministry applications based on 71 distinct household types and their lifestyles, demographics, and concerns.
Target specific demographic variables with opportunity scans
Opportunity Scans help you analyze and identify regional, community, and neighborhood ministry potential, down to the block level. You can create maps and data tables with top ministry target areas for your church/parish or regional agency.
Plot congregants and analyze ministry opportunities
People Plot is a secure system for local churches to view congregants on a map. You can then compare church households to neighborhood households using reports that include your congregation's estimated financial support potential.
MissionInsite analytical tools help you develop small group ministry, new mission locations, and relationships with neighbors.
Create neighborhood thematic maps
You can create and print maps to visualize an area's projected growth, racial and ethnic groups, employment demographics, or Mosaic household types. Our maps use multiple demographic variables to display mission reality.
Create custom reports
Our custom reports, the Demographics Report and American Beliefs Study Data, provide insight into likely religious preferences, practices, beliefs, and media preferences.
You choose the information you want for these reports. You can select ages and phases of life, income levels, household information, and other demographic attributes. You can also limit the data variables for these reports, so you can simplify the information shared with leaders as you develop specific ministry strategies.
Accomplish essential tasks with the User Assistant
The User Assistant provides quick access to People Plot, demographics reports, thematic maps, opportunity scans, and the prospect center.
The User Assistant saves time when training new users and simplifies common tasks for longtime administrators. To access the User Assistant at any time, click .