2023 House of Worship Deep Dive

1. Does your integration firm perform work in house-of-worship settings (e.g., churches, mosques, synagogues, temples)?

• Yes, this is a regular part of our business
• Yes, but these clients come along only intermittently
• No, but we hope to break into the worship market over the next 12 months
• No, and we don't expect to pursue work in the worship market anytime soon

2. When working with houses of worship, who is the primary point of contact for your integration firm?

• Worship leader/spiritual leader
• Music/AV minister
• Committee/board of trustees
• In-house technology manager
• Other - Write In Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. Over the past 12 months, how would you characterize your integration firm's worship business?

• It has grown by more than 10%
• It has grown between 5% and 10%
• There has been very little change
• It has decreased between 5% and 10%
• It has decreased by more than 10%

4. How many house-of-worship projects has your integration firm completed in the past year?
 

• 0 to 5
• 6 to 10
• 11 to 20
• 21 to 30
• 31 to 50
• 51 to 100
• More than 100

5. Over the next 12 months, what is your forecast for your integration firm's worship business?

• It will grow by more than 10%
• It will grow between 5% and 10%
• There will be very little change
• It will decrease between 5% and 10%
• It will decrease by more than 10%

6. How would you characterize the profitability of house-of-worship work versus other kinds of projects that your integration firm does?

• House-of-worship work tends to be more profitable
• House-of-worship work tends to be middle of the road in profitability
• House-of-worship work tends to have tighter margins and less profit

7. Which types of products and technologies does your firm currently integrate into houses of worship? (Check all that apply.)
 

• Acoustical treatments
• Assistive-listening systems
• Digital signage
• Direct-view LED videowalls
• Lighting
• Livestreaming equipment
• Mixing boards
• Network switches
• Projection screens
• Paging Systems
• Projectors
• Sound-reinforcement systems
• Technology furniture (e.g., lecterns)
• Tiled LCD videowalls
• Touchscreens
• Video-distribution equipment
• Wired microphones
• Wireless microphones

8. Over the next 12 months, which types of products and technologies does your firm plan to begin integrating into houses of worship? (Check all that apply.)
 

• Acoustical treatments
• Assistive-listening systems
• Digital signage
• Direct-view LED videowalls
• Lighting
• Livestreaming equipment
• Mixing boards
• Network switches
• Projection screens
• Paging Systems
• Projectors
• Sound-reinforcement systems
• Technology furniture (e.g., lecterns)
• Tiled LCD videowalls
• Touchscreens
• Video-distribution equipment
• Wired microphones
• Wireless microphones
• None of the above

9. What kind of sound-reinforcement system do you find usually works best in a house-of-worship setting?

• Column speakers
• Point source speakers
• Vertical line arrays

10. For large-format video, which display format is preferred among your integration firm's house-of-worship clients?

• Direct-view LED
• Projection
• Tiled LCD videowall

11. Who operates technical systems for most of your integration firm's house-of-worship clients?

• Most of my worship clients have paid professional staff
• Most of my worship clients rely on trained volunteers
• Most of my worship clients rely on volunteers who may or may not have formal training
• I support most of my worship clients with staffing/operations services

12. Thinking about your house-of-worship clients, which statement best characterizes their return-to-sanctuary efforts versus attempts to adapt to virtual/remote worship?

• Most of my worship clients have attendance at or above pre-pandemic levels
• Most of my worship clients have less attendance than pre-pandemic but are focused on the in-person worship experience
• Most of my clients view in-person and remote worship as equally important and are investing equally in technologies for both
• Most of my clients are pivoting to remote/virtual worship, and they are especially interested in technologies for livestreaming, broadcast, etc.
• Write in another answer Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.