| July - August 2010 |
Participation Quotes given to regions and denominations. |
| Throughout 2010 |
Quotes accepted - regions confirm their participation in the 2011 NCLS. |
| March 2011 |
Customised survey forms for regions and denominations completed. |
| March - April 2011 |
Church details updated online including church closures, amalgamations, new churches, contact details, size estimates, survey orders. |
| May - July 2011 |
Survey orders completed. |
| July -September 2011 |
Survey Packs dispatched to churches, ready for their survey month. |
| September-November 2011 |
National Church Life Survey conducted, denomination by denomination. Participating local churches in each denomination will conduct the Survey within their survey month, at times that they regard as most opportune. |
| October-December 2011 |
Churches return their completed questionnaires to NCLS Research as soon as possible after completion, but certainly within a few weeks after their designated survey month. |
| Winter 2012 (June to Aug) |
Church Life Packs sent to Regional Coordinators, or local churches, during winter (June to August (2012. |
| Spring 2012 (Sep to Nov) |
Leaders Survey results returned to individual leaders online. |
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Findings from the three optional add-on surveys returned to churches online (children's survey, youth survey and community contacts survey). |
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Findings from the Regional/Denominational questions returned to regions and denominations. |