The demographics of this report are in the table below.
The bars for the boomer generation are shown in black.

	Total Entries	Bracket	Percent
	811	Age 20-30	23%
	627	Age 31-40	18%
	884	Age 41-50	25%
	721	Age 51-60	20%
	178	Age over 60	5%
	347	(Left Blank)	10%

The responses of 3569 others appear below:

Question

1) Are you experiencing a prompting from God or the Holy Spirit to consider some type of ministry service in the future?

Yes   88%     No   1%     Unsure   12%

2) As you consider ministry service are you seeking similar types of job duties as in your present occupation or are you wanting to explore new and different types of job duties?

Similar   21%     New   41%     Unsure   39%

3) Do you have a specific ministry goal in mind or are you seeking help in identifying a ministry that fits your aptitudes and aspirations?

Have a goal   26%     Seeking Help   63%     Unsure   12%

4) If you are married, are you considering a ministry where you will work as a team with your spouse/family or a ministry where one of you will be the primary worker?

Not married   41%     Team   28%     Primary   18%     Unsure   13%

5) Are you considering a short-term or longer term engagement?

Less than a month   7%     1 to 6 months   7%     6 mo to 2 yrs   9%     Summer opportunities   1%     Part Time   3%     Part of year   3%     Full Time   39%     Unsure   30%

6) Are you expecting to be self supporting or are you planning to raise your own financial support?

Fully self supporting   13%     Partially self supporting   22%     Must raise support   31%     Unsure   33%

7) How do you envision the next step in the process to determine where you fit best in ministry service? I would like to ...

Preview Literatre   23%     Talk to agency leaders   13%     Attend a conference   5%     Visit the agency nat'l office   1%     Take a short term trip   8%     Get help with matching   43%     Network with other finishers   7%

8) Do you seek to fill a ministry vacancy? Or do you prefer to develop a customized ministry position which fits your aptitudes and aspirations?

Fill a vacancy   21%     Custom position   20%     Unsure   59%

9) Are you seeking a management level, a staff level, or an entry level position in ministry service?

Management level   14%     Staff level   19%     Entry level   21%     Unsure   47%

10) Do you have a burden or passion for a particular country, people or language group?

Not thought about this   18%     No location preference   41%     North America only   12%     A specific country   15%     A specific people group   9%     A specific language   5%

Nelson Malwitz, Finishers Project Director, May, 2008