Survey of the Membership

The Steward Board of each local church in the third quarter of each conference year shall conduct a survey of the membership of the church with the purpose of determining to what extent each member of the church has supported the church financially, attended the regular means of grace, and supported the various benevolent enterprises of the church.  The survey shall contain date, name and address, date of birth, active, inactive, new member, student, left with certificate, left without certificate, deceased and class number.  (Pg. 97 Sec. i 'The Doctrine and Discipline' of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 2021)