Having practiced creating your own qualitative questions, you can now attempt to create a full interview protocol. Below is an example of a protocol. Once you’ve read the example, you have the change to create your own protocol.
1. What are some of the biggest lessons you’ve learned through this experience?
→ Since you attended Stations, how has your perspective on money changed? How has your view changed of what a generous person looks like?
2. What have you discovered about the impact of money on your heart? What have you been struggling to reconcile about this?
→ How has Stations impacted the way you think about discipleship?
3. After experiencing Stations, what key scriptures illustrate your theology of money?
→ How have these scriptures and the 7 principles of Stations shaped your belief about the spiritual power of money?
4. What kinds of things have you tried to do differently as a result of this experience? What has been challenging to apply from this training?
→ How has this impacted your lifestyle?
5. What gifts have you made that you would consider generous as a result of this experience? What was difficult about this?
→ How has this influenced your approach to giving in the future? In what ways do you want or need to grow to be the kind of giver you want to be?
6. How has your church or network been spreading the Stations experience? What has been easy to do? What has been challenging?
→ How does your church or network perceive itself in light of the generosity message? In what ways is your church or network living the generosity message more fully now than it used to?
7. What emotions surfaced during or after Stations?
→ In what ways has this experience revived your personal purpose?
8. What has excited you after attending Stations? What has frustrated you since attending Stations?
→ How has this message impacted your heart and passions?
9. When you consider making a generous gift, what emotions do you feel?
→ How does a sense of sacrifice in generosity impact your commitment to give?
Looking forward: 3 years from now, what are your hopes for yourself and your ministry as a result of this training? In what ways has attending Stations helped you move along your path to making that vision a reality?
Download the example to see the full protocol in one document. Now that you have some examples in mind, create your own protocol with questions designed for each of your indicators. Once you have finished, continue to learn how to structure interviews and collect data from these questions.
Download the template to practice filling in your own protocol.