Healthy churches pay attention. Our diagnostics give leaders clear, trusted insight to support wise and faithful decisions.
Diagnostics & Tools
Our Diagnostics & Tools help leaders move from instinct to insight. They provide clear, research-informed perspectives on how leadership and ministry are functioning right now, highlighting strengths to build on and areas that may need focused attention.
Our Church Health Checks draw on decades of Australian church research through the National Church Life Survey, alongside Partners in Ministry’s long-term experience working with churches across a wide range of contexts. These diagnostics are tested, validated, and benchmarked, offering reliable insight regardless of church size, theology, or ministry model.
Alongside this, our 360 Leadership Diagnostic focuses on the leadership experience itself. Designed specifically for ministry contexts, it gathers structured, confidential feedback from people around a leader to surface strengths, blind spots, and key development themes.
All diagnostics are aligned with the Partners in Ministry framework and result in clear, structured reporting. Where a debrief is included, one of our consultants will walk through the findings with you, helping translate insight into practical, next-step decisions for leadership and ministry.
To suit different contexts and levels of depth, we offer a range of diagnostic tools — from church-wide Health Checks to individual leadership diagnostics — allowing churches and leaders to engage at the level that best fits their current season.
How our Diagnostics & Tools work
Start with a short Health Snapshot
Our free Church Health Snapshot offers a short, high-level reflection on a few key areas of church life. It’s designed to give you a feel for how we think and what a full Health Check explores—without the depth, analysis, or tailored insight of our paid reviews.
Choose the Health Check that fits your context
A focused snapshot of church health completed by one key leader, offering quick clarity and a structured moment to step back and reflect. It helps surface what is shaping the church right now and whether further exploration would be helpful.
Best for: Senior leaders seeking an initial sense of church health or a clear starting point.
A broader health assessment drawing on the perspectives of multiple leaders and congregants. This option reveals shared patterns and dynamics, helping leadership teams develop a common understanding of what’s shaping the church right now.
Best for: Leadership teams or boards wanting shared insight and alignment before making decisions.
A comprehensive, research-informed assessment combining surveys, document review, and consultant insight. Designed to support churches navigating complexity, change, or significant strategic decisions.
Best for: Churches facing transition, growth, or major strategic planning decisions.
Our 360 Leadership Diagnostic is purpose-built for ministry contexts. It brings together confidential feedback from a leader’s ministry environment to help them better understand how they lead, where they’re effective, and where growth may be needed — supported by a consultant who helps translate insight into practical development steps.
360 Diagnostic
Our leadership packages offer a clear and considered way to plan your development rather than piecing support together as you go. Each package combines diagnostic insight with targeted development, helping you choose what best fits your role, your team and your church. These packages are designed to be explored in conversation and adapted to your context, so the support you receive is both intentional and appropriate.