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Church growth and improvement in Jamaica

Answers are anonymous and kept confidential, and they are handled under the Data Protection Act. The questions ask whether people attend church, which denomination they identify with, and why they go or stay away. They also ask what changes people think churches need.

Survey at a glance
Responses
1,170 published
Questions
11
Time
About 3 minutes
Fielded
Since April 2026
Coverage
Jamaica
Mode
myVoice online panel
Unlock
500 pts a question
What this survey asks

11 questions in 4 themes

The full questionnaire, grouped by theme. Answers stay anonymous, and respondents may skip any question.

Attendance and denominationQ1–Q2 · 2 questions
  1. Do you currently attend church?
  2. What denomination do you primarily identify with?
Reasons for going or staying awayQ3–Q4 · 2 questions
  1. What is your main reason for attending church?
  2. What factors influence your decision about whether or not to attend church?
Experience and keeping membersQ5–Q7 · 3 questions
  1. How would you rate your overall church experience?
  2. How do you think church attendance has changed in recent years?
  3. Do you think churches in Jamaica are doing enough to retain members?
Changes people wantQ8–Q11 · 4 questions
  1. What change would most improve churches in Jamaica?
  2. How important is it for churches to adapt to modern society?
  3. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing churches in Jamaica today?
  4. What changes or improvements would you suggest for churches?
What you can learn

Questions this data can answer

Whether people currently attend church, and which denomination
Why people attend, and what affects the decision to go or not
How they rate the church experience
Whether they think attendance has changed, and whether churches keep members
What change they think would help most
The challenge they name for churches in Jamaica

Answers can be cut by the demographic questions the survey asks, such as parish, age group and gender.

Results are on myVoiceUnlock any question for 500 points, or ask Balcostics for the full dataset and a briefing.
Method

Online survey of myVoice members across Jamaica, open since April 2026. Members choose to take part and are rewarded in points, so this is not a probability sample. Published counts leave out flagged and duplicate accounts (1,170 of 1,361 responses are published). Results are anonymised.