Parish Employee Survey 2012

The 2012 church employee survey studied the views of people working in the parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Main themes of the survey included the meaning of work, the future of parish work, structural changes and strategic planning in the parishes, equality, marriage, religiosity, and ethics. First, the respondents were asked to consider what their work meant to them. Questions included, for example, whether the respondents worked mainly to guarantee their income or whether it was important to them to be able to help others in their work. Views on the future of the Evangelical Lutheran Church were surveyed with various statements on what the main focus of the church should be moving forward. The statements included, for example, whether the church should be more direct in discussing social issues, have a stronger stance on marriage and family matters, support immigrants more, and be more visible on online platforms. Structural changes and strategic planning in the parishes were examined with questions on whether the respondents' parish had gone through a merger, how the respondents thought parish structures should be developed, and whether there had been changes in personnel in their line of work and how the changes had affected their work environment. Further questions charted the effect of different church strategies and guidelines on work in the respondents' parish as well as how important the respondents thought the strategies and guidelines were in their own work activities. Next, views on an addendum to the hymn book of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was being prepared at the time of the survey, were charted. The respondents' values were examined with questions on same-sex marriage, ethical decision-making in the church, and use of visible religious symbols. The respondents were also asked whether they thought they were more conservative or liberal within the church, how often they attended worship services, and how often they prayed. Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, job title, how long they had worked for the church, size of their parish, diocese, municipality where they worked, and political party preference.

2012年芬兰福音派路德教会员工调查深入探讨了在芬兰福音派路德教会各个教区工作的员工的观点。调查的主要议题涵盖了工作的意义、教区工作的未来、教区结构变革及战略规划、平等、婚姻、宗教信仰以及伦理道德。首先，受访者被要求思考他们的工作对其个人意味着什么。例如，问题包括受访者是否主要为了保障收入而工作，或者是否认为在工作中帮助他人至关重要。通过一系列关于教会未来发展的陈述，调查了受访者对福音派路德教会未来发展的看法。例如，包括教会是否应该更直接地讨论社会问题、在婚姻和家庭事务上持有更强硬的立场、更多地支持移民，以及在在线平台上更具有可见性。通过一系列问题考察了教区结构变革及战略规划，例如受访者所在的教区是否经历了合并，受访者认为教区结构应该如何发展，以及其工作领域内的人员变动及其对工作环境的影响。进一步的问题探讨了不同的教会战略和指导方针对受访者所在教区工作的影响，以及受访者认为这些战略和指导方针在其自身工作活动中有多么重要。接着，调查了受访者对福音派路德教会 hymn book（赞美诗集）增补内容的看法。通过关于同性婚姻、教会内的伦理决策以及可见宗教符号的使用等问题，考察了受访者的价值观。受访者还被问及他们认为自己在教会中是更保守还是更自由，他们参加礼拜服务的频率以及他们祈祷的频率。背景变量包括受访者的年龄、性别、职称、在教会工作的时间、教区规模、教区、工作所在市的市政当局以及政治党派偏好。