Outcomes
In almost every instance, the Church was clearly seeing the community through its own eyes. For example, the Church population was usually significantly older than the population of the local community and tended to see a higher proportion of older people and a lower proportion of younger people than the reality is.
Universally churches described themselves as welcoming and friendly communities, usually with good facilities to serve the local community.
In terms of the healthy church review, whilst there was some difference across the churches of the circuit the overall picture is shown below:
| Circuit A Summary | Circuit Average |
| Energised by faith | 4.1 |
| Outward-looking focus | 4.3 |
| Seeks to find out what God wants | 3.9 |
| Faces the cost of change and growth | 4.0 |
| Operates as a community | 4.3 |
| Makes room for all | 4.6 |
| Does a few things and does them well | 4.6 |
| Overall average | 4.3 |
| All scores out of six, with six meaning most healthy. |
The circuit is now saying, through its website, a number of things that suggest that the review has actually led to a significant refocussing of the Circuit’s resources, but has not been able significantly to withdraw resources from areas where there is a clear lack of vitality, as self-identified by the review.