American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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STEWARD1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Last year what emphasis did you give to the biblical concept of stewardship of God's gifts? (Check one.)   1) It received year-round emphasis   2) It received occasional emphasis   3) It was emphasized once   4) No emphasis

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
It received year-round emphasis	196	31.4%	31.4%
It received occasional emphasis	346	55.4%	86.8%
It was emphasized once	47	7.5%	94.3%
No emphasis	35	5.6%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Religious preference Region Year founded Church membership Place of residence

Religious preference (I-DENOM)

	Assemblies of God	Southern Baptist	Catholic	ELCA	Presbyterian (U.S.A.)	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	54.4% 68	36.0% 45	16.0% 20	26.4% 33	23.2% 29	31.2% 195
It received occasional emphasis	44.8% 56	58.4% 73	44.0% 55	64.0% 80	65.6% 82	55.4% 346
It was emphasized once	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	19.2% 24	5.6% 7	9.6% 12	7.7% 48
No emphasis	0.8% 1	1.6% 2	20.8% 26	4.0% 5	1.6% 2	5.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	625

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	20.4% 21	21.9% 41	42.7% 106	33.3% 28	0	31.5% 196
It received occasional emphasis	53.4% 55	63.1% 118	52.0% 129	51.2% 43	2	55.5% 345
It was emphasized once	13.6% 14	8.0% 15	4.0% 10	8.3% 7	0	7.4% 46
No emphasis	12.6% 13	7.0% 13	1.2% 3	7.1% 6	0	5.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 187	100.0% 248	100.0% 84	2	622

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	Missing	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	24.3% 27	19.3% 32	48.9% 44	37.3% 50	35.2% 43	0	31.5% 196
It received occasional emphasis	64.9% 72	60.2% 100	38.9% 35	48.5% 65	59.0% 72	3	55.2% 344
It was emphasized once	7.2% 8	11.4% 19	5.6% 5	6.7% 9	4.9% 6	0	7.5% 47
No emphasis	3.6% 4	9.0% 15	6.7% 6	7.5% 10	0.8% 1	0	5.8% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 166	100.0% 90	100.0% 134	100.0% 122	3	623

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	Missing	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	31.4% 37	32.0% 49	34.3% 59	36.6% 26	19.8% 21	4	31.0% 192
It received occasional emphasis	61.9% 73	59.5% 91	56.4% 97	49.3% 35	46.2% 49	3	55.6% 345
It was emphasized once	5.1% 6	6.5% 10	4.1% 7	9.9% 7	17.0% 18	0	7.7% 48
No emphasis	1.7% 2	2.0% 3	5.2% 9	4.2% 3	17.0% 18	0	5.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 153	100.0% 172	100.0% 71	100.0% 106	7	620

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	34.6% 89	31.0% 45	38.4% 28	23.7% 32	1	31.8% 194
It received occasional emphasis	57.6% 148	62.1% 90	50.7% 37	44.4% 60	12	54.9% 335
It was emphasized once	5.4% 14	4.8% 7	5.5% 4	17.0% 23	0	7.9% 48
No emphasis	2.3% 6	2.1% 3	5.5% 4	14.8% 20	1	5.4% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 257	100.0% 145	100.0% 73	100.0% 135	14	610

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	Missing	TOTAL
It received year-round emphasis	35.2% 64	31.1% 28	32.7% 33	27.8% 45	29.2% 26	0	31.4% 196
It received occasional emphasis	49.5% 90	60.0% 54	53.5% 54	58.6% 95	60.7% 54	0	55.6% 347
It was emphasized once	10.4% 19	5.6% 5	4.0% 4	8.0% 13	5.6% 5	0	7.4% 46
No emphasis	4.9% 9	3.3% 3	9.9% 10	5.6% 9	4.5% 4	1	5.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 182	100.0% 90	100.0% 101	100.0% 162	100.0% 89	1	624