Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2010, Presbyterian Church (USA)

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QL1 Our congregation has:   1) Head of staff with one or more associate pastors   2) One pastor or commissioned lay pastor (with no associate pastor)   3) Co-pastors (two or more persons sharing the pastoral role equally)   4) No pastor at present   5) Other

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Head of staff with one or more associate pastors	114	16.5%	16.5%	-1.41
One pastor or commissioned lay pastor (with no associate pastor)	503	72.6%	89%	-.04
Co-pastors (two or more persons sharing the pastoral role equally)	21	3%	92.1%	1.34
No pastor at present	53	7.6%	99.7%	2.72
Other	2	.3%	100%	4.1

Variable Comparisons

Age Size of place Theology

Age (I-AGE)

	1650-1800	1801-1900	1901-1950	1951-1975	1976-2000	After 2000	TOTAL
Head of staff with one or more associate pastors	17.8% 8	14.5% 46	17.0% 23	20.2% 23	21.1% 8	14.3% 1	16.6% 109
One pastor or commissioned lay pastor (with no associate pastor)	68.9% 31	75.8% 241	70.4% 95	71.1% 81	63.2% 24	71.4% 5	72.6% 477
Co-pastors (two or more persons sharing the pastoral role equally)	4.4% 2	2.5% 8	3.7% 5	3.5% 4	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	3.0% 20
No pastor at present	8.9% 4	6.9% 22	8.9% 12	5.3% 6	13.2% 5	0.0% 0	7.5% 49
Other	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 45	100.0% 318	100.0% 135	100.0% 114	100.0% 38	100.0% 7	657

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	1-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	More than 500	TOTAL
Head of staff with one or more associate pastors	4.0% 11	6.7% 11	19.8% 33	63.2% 36	81.0% 17	15.9% 108
One pastor or commissioned lay pastor (with no associate pastor)	77.6% 211	85.3% 139	74.9% 125	31.6% 18	19.0% 4	73.1% 497
Co-pastors (two or more persons sharing the pastoral role equally)	4.4% 12	1.8% 3	1.8% 3	3.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 20
No pastor at present	13.2% 36	6.1% 10	3.6% 6	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	7.8% 53
Other	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 272	100.0% 163	100.0% 167	100.0% 57	100.0% 21	680

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Moderate	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	TOTAL
Head of staff with one or more associate pastors	13.3% 2	22.8% 23	17.7% 47	14.2% 34	10.9% 7	16.5% 113
One pastor or commissioned lay pastor (with no associate pastor)	66.7% 10	67.3% 68	72.8% 193	74.2% 178	73.4% 47	72.4% 496
Co-pastors (two or more persons sharing the pastoral role equally)	13.3% 2	1.0% 1	3.4% 9	2.9% 7	3.1% 2	3.1% 21
No pastor at present	6.7% 1	7.9% 8	6.0% 16	8.3% 20	12.5% 8	7.7% 53
Other	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 101	100.0% 265	100.0% 240	100.0% 64	685