American Congregational Giving Study, Congregational Profiles, 1993

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PSSIT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which of the following describes the pastoral staff situation of your congregation during the last complete fiscal year?   1) At least one full-time pastor   2) Part-time pastor   3) Position was temporarily vacant

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
At least one full-time pastor	557	89.3%	89.3%
Part-time pastor	58	9.3%	98.6%
Position was temporarily vacant	9	1.4%	100%
Missing	1	%	%

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
At least one full-time pastor	94.4% 118	88.8% 111	92.8% 116	83.2% 104	86.3% 107	89.1% 556
Part-time pastor	4.8% 6	8.8% 11	7.2% 9	12.8% 16	13.7% 17	9.5% 59
Position was temporarily vacant	0.8% 1	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	4.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.4% 9
Missing	0	0	0	0	1	1
TOTAL	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 125	100.0% 124	624

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	Missing	TOTAL
At least one full-time pastor	90.4% 94	87.8% 165	89.4% 220	92.8% 77	0	89.5% 556
Part-time pastor	9.6% 10	10.1% 19	8.9% 22	6.0% 5	2	9.0% 56
Position was temporarily vacant	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	1.6% 4	1.2% 1	0	1.4% 9
Missing	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 104	100.0% 188	100.0% 246	100.0% 83	2	621

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1770-1865	1866-1918	1919-1945	1946-1965	1966 & later	Missing	TOTAL
At least one full-time pastor	84.7% 94	87.3% 144	89.9% 80	94.1% 128	88.5% 108	3	88.9% 554
Part-time pastor	14.4% 16	9.7% 16	10.1% 9	4.4% 6	9.8% 12	0	9.5% 59
Position was temporarily vacant	0.9% 1	3.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	1.6% 2	0	1.6% 10
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 165	100.0% 89	100.0% 136	100.0% 122	3	623

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	100 & less	101-200	201-500	501-1000	Over 1000	Missing	TOTAL
At least one full-time pastor	69.0% 80	88.3% 136	93.6% 160	97.2% 69	99.0% 104	7	89.0% 549
Part-time pastor	31.0% 36	9.7% 15	3.5% 6	1.4% 1	1.0% 1	0	9.6% 59
Position was temporarily vacant	0.0% 0	1.9% 3	2.9% 5	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 9
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 116	100.0% 154	100.0% 171	100.0% 71	100.0% 105	7	617

(I-#ATTEND)

	100 & less	101-200	201-350	Over 350	Missing	TOTAL
At least one full-time pastor	79.7% 204	92.4% 134	97.3% 71	98.5% 133	14	89.0% 542
Part-time pastor	18.8% 48	4.8% 7	1.4% 1	1.5% 2	0	9.5% 58
Position was temporarily vacant	1.6% 4	2.8% 4	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 9
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 256	100.0% 145	100.0% 73	100.0% 135	14	609

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	LgCty/Sub	MdCty/Sub	Small city	Town	Rural	Missing	TOTAL
At least one full-time pastor	89.6% 164	97.8% 87	96.0% 96	85.1% 137	79.8% 71	1	89.2% 555
Part-time pastor	9.8% 18	2.2% 2	2.0% 2	13.0% 21	16.9% 15	0	9.3% 58
Position was temporarily vacant	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 2	1.9% 3	3.4% 3	0	1.4% 9
Missing	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 89	100.0% 100	100.0% 161	100.0% 89	1	622