Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Combined File

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AUTHIMP (Weighted by WEIGHT) Now please write the letter of the one source of authority that is most important in your congregation's worship and teaching, as difficult as this may be, in this box:   0) Does not apply   1) Scripture   2) Tradition   3) Spirit   4) Reason   5) Experience

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Does not apply	310	2.9%	2.9%
Scripture	8789	81.1%	84%
Tradition	434	4%	88%
Spirit	989	9.1%	97.1%
Reason	168	1.6%	98.7%
Experience	144	1.3%	100%
Missing	3468	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Religion Region

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Liberal Protestant	Moderate Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Historically Black	Catholic and Orthodox	Other	TOTAL
Does not apply	1.0% 14	0.1% 2	2.4% 137	0.0% 0	100.0% 82	11.0% 75	2.9% 310
Scripture	74.3% 993	81.4% 2467	88.0% 5020	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	45.4% 309	81.1% 8789
Tradition	9.5% 127	4.2% 128	1.5% 83	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	14.1% 96	4.0% 434
Spirit	5.6% 75	10.9% 329	7.1% 404	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	26.6% 181	9.1% 989
Reason	6.4% 85	1.6% 49	0.4% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 9	1.5% 167
Experience	3.2% 43	1.8% 56	0.6% 35	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 10	1.3% 144
Missing	82	206	158	1805	1060	156	3467
TOTAL	100.0% 1337	100.0% 3031	100.0% 5703	100.0% 0	100.0% 82	100.0% 680	10833

Region (I-REGION)

	North east	South	North central	West	Missing	TOTAL
Does not apply	5.8% 76	2.6% 103	2.5% 78	2.2% 49	4	2.9% 306
Scripture	76.4% 1005	83.7% 3364	82.6% 2628	76.9% 1684	109	81.1% 8681
Tradition	4.9% 64	3.3% 131	3.7% 117	5.5% 121	0	4.0% 433
Spirit	8.2% 108	8.9% 358	7.5% 237	12.6% 275	10	9.1% 978
Reason	2.5% 33	0.8% 34	2.0% 64	1.6% 35	2	1.6% 166
Experience	2.2% 29	0.7% 30	1.8% 56	1.2% 26	3	1.3% 141
Missing	573	1253	995	542	0	3363
TOTAL	100.0% 1315	100.0% 4020	100.0% 3180	100.0% 2190	128	10705