Archdiocese of Atlanta has been asked to participate in the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) sponsored by the Catholic Leadership Institute. (CLI) The Institute has been conducting surveys in many dioceses throughout the United States. CLI stated, “being a Christian has been a challenge in every age of the Church. This happens because what the Church believes about God and salvation is almost never in concert with how a society or culture understands itself, let alone how it may (or may not) address such things as life after death or eternity. These, of course, are not the only things we believe; but they are vital to understanding almost everything that we do believe as how we live the Catholic-Christian Faith.”
CLI further noted that, “in every age, Christians believe they have a responsibility to be the best disciple of their Lord and Savior as they can be. They may not be perfect (even the saints were not perfect), but all Christians are called to holiness. This remains central to the teachings of the Second Vatican Council of the mid-1960s because holiness is an integral part of what it means to have received the Sacrament of Baptism.”
CLI also indicated that, “The Disciple Maker Index allows you to assess how you may be doing both in your discipleship of Christ as well as in your spiritual growth. By doing this assessment in the survey like Disciple Maker Index, it gives the leadership of your parish valuable insights into discovering ways that they can use to help make you, as parishioners, better Christian disciples. This, in turn, can assist you in finding the joy of being a Catholic-Christian which may help others to discover their faith in God, too.”
We are presently in the midst of the Disciple Maker Index survey, which will remain open until Sunday, April 6th. You can click the link below to participate. We have been assured by CLI that all your responses are completely confidential. No member of our Parish staff or our leadership team will ever have access to your individual answers. The survey is estimated by CLI to take about fifteen minutes.
If you have any questions about the survey or if you have any issues in taking it, please contact Jim Shields at jrsx5@bellsouth.net or 770-330-9844. CLI and the Archdiocese of Atlanta hope that your participation will help you grow in your knowledge and understanding of our faith.