MULTI-NATIONAL, MULTI-LINGUAL GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP SURVEY

1. MULTI-NATIONAL, MULTI-LINGUAL GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP SURVEY Conducted by Delixus 1160 Ridgemont Place Concord, CA 94521 www.delixus.com CEO: Dr. Nazeer Ahmed Email: nazeer.ahmed@delixus.com For The Elijah Interfaith Institute 10 Caspi St. 93554, Jerusalem Israel Director: Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein www.elijah.org.il/admin@elijah.org.il

2. Overview of Religious Leadership

3. Segmentation according to the answers to the personal orientation questions • 94% of the respondents said that their religious identity is very central in their overall identity. • 43% of the respondents said that they look to another religious tradition for inspiration.

4. Local Religious Leader

5. Personal orientation • 80% of the respondents said that they trust their local religious leader. • Preserving the tradition was considered the most important role for local religious leader (79%). n=773

6. Most Important Skills • Inspired teacher (90%) ranks as the most important skill required for a local religious leader followed by role model (89%) and spiritual mentor (89%) n=773

7. Least Important Skills • Fundraiser (42%) ranks as the least important skill required for a local religious leader followed by technological presence (41%) and cultural critic (24%) n=773

8. Most Important Qualities • Inspired teacher (97%), wisdom (97%) and compassion (97%) rank as the most important qualities required for a local religious leader followed by honesty (95%) and love (94%) n=773

9. Services of Local Religious Leaders • 86% of the respondents consider peace work to be appropriate for a religious leader whereas only 39%consider political life to be appropriate. n=773

10. Assessment of Local Religious Leaders • 79% of the respondents stated that adequate training is required for their local religious leader and 80% said that local religious leader measured high on the respondent’s criteria. n=773

11. National/International Religious Leader

12. Segmentation by answers to the National/International religious questions • 83% of the respondents said that they preserving the tradition is an important role for a national/international religious leader. 82% of the respondents said that they transforming the tradition is an important role for a national/international religious leader. n=628

13. Most Important Skills • Inspired teacher (89%) ranks as the most important skill required for a national/international religious leader followed by speaker (88%) and role model (87%) n=628

14. Least Important Skills • Fundraiser (39%) ranks as the least important skill required for a national/international religious leader followed by technological presence (35%). n=628

15. Most Important Qualities • Wisdom (97%) ranks as the most important qualities required for a national/international religious leader followed by honesty (96%) and integrity (96%) n=628

16. Services of Local Religious Leaders • 92% of the respondents consider peace work to be appropriate for their national/international religious leader followed by social work (90%) n=628

17. Assessment of National/International Religious Leaders • 92% of the respondents stated that the training is very much required for a national/international religious leader. • 73% of the respondents said that they expect their national/international religious leader to be very perfect. n=628