Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2010, Seventh-Day Adventists

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CALL Please describe the senior pastor of your congregation. Permanent or temporary status (check only one)   1) Regular pastor   2) Interim or supply pastor   3) Retired clergy serving as pastor

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Regular pastor	299	97.1%	97.1%	-.17
Interim or supply pastor	3	1%	98.1%	3.25
Retired clergy serving as pastor	6	1.9%	100%	6.66

Variable Comparisons

Age Theology Size of place

Age (I-AGE)

	1850-1900	1901-1950	1951-1975	1976-2000	After 2000	TOTAL
Regular pastor	96.0% 24	97.7% 86	98.0% 50	93.8% 61	100.0% 33	96.9% 254
Interim or supply pastor	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	2.0% 1	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 3
Retired clergy serving as pastor	4.0% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	4.6% 3	0.0% 0	1.9% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 88	100.0% 51	100.0% 65	100.0% 33	262

Theology (I-THEOLOGY)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Moderate	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	TOTAL
Regular pastor	100.0% 2	100.0% 23	97.4% 76	96.5% 138	96.6% 57	97.0% 296
Interim or supply pastor	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3
Retired clergy serving as pastor	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	3.4% 2	2.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 2	100.0% 23	100.0% 78	100.0% 143	100.0% 59	305

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	1-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	Over 500	TOTAL
Regular pastor	95.7% 157	96.6% 57	100.0% 55	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	97.0% 291
Interim or supply pastor	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3
Retired clergy serving as pastor	2.4% 4	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 59	100.0% 55	100.0% 18	100.0% 4	300