Faith Communities Today (FACT) 2000, Presbyterian Congregations

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AUTHIMP Now please write the letter of the one source of authority that is most important in your congregation's worship and teaching (as difficult a choice as this may be) in this box.   1) The Bible   2) Historic creeds, doctrines & tradition   3) Inspiration of the Holy Spirit   4) Human reason   5) Personal intuition or enlightenment

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
The Bible	443	88.2%	88.2%	-.33
Historic creeds, doctrines & tradition	18	3.6%	91.8%	1.06
Inspiration of the Holy Spirit	27	5.4%	97.2%	2.45
Human reason	9	1.8%	99%	3.84
Personal intuition or enlightenment	5	1%	100%	5.23

Variable Comparisons

Size of place Political ideology Total attendance

Size of place (I-SIZPLACE)

	Rural or open country	Town or village of less than 10,000	In or around a city of: 10,000-49,999	In or around a city of: 50,000-249,999	In or around a city of: 250,000+	TOTAL
The Bible	86.6% 58	90.9% 149	86.1% 87	89.5% 51	86.0% 86	88.1% 431
Historic creeds, doctrines & tradition	6.0% 4	4.3% 7	3.0% 3	1.8% 1	3.0% 3	3.7% 18
Inspiration of the Holy Spirit	6.0% 4	2.4% 4	7.9% 8	7.0% 4	6.0% 6	5.3% 26
Human reason	1.5% 1	1.2% 2	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	4.0% 4	1.8% 9
Personal intuition or enlightenment	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	1.0% 1	1.8% 1	1.0% 1	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 67	100.0% 164	100.0% 101	100.0% 57	100.0% 100	489

Political ideology (I-LIBCONS)

	Very conservative	Somewhat conservative	Moderate	Somewhat progressive or liberal	Very progressive or liberal	TOTAL
The Bible	93.6% 44	91.8% 179	89.1% 164	76.2% 48	50.0% 5	88.2% 440
Historic creeds, doctrines & tradition	6.4% 3	2.6% 5	4.3% 8	1.6% 1	10.0% 1	3.6% 18
Inspiration of the Holy Spirit	0.0% 0	4.1% 8	5.4% 10	12.7% 8	10.0% 1	5.4% 27
Human reason	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.5% 1	6.3% 4	20.0% 2	1.8% 9
Personal intuition or enlightenment	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.5% 1	3.2% 2	10.0% 1	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 195	100.0% 184	100.0% 63	100.0% 10	499

Total attendance (I-SUNATAM)

	0-50	51-100	101-250	251-500	501+	TOTAL
The Bible	88.4% 114	88.1% 126	86.4% 127	91.1% 41	95.2% 20	88.2% 428
Historic creeds, doctrines & tradition	6.2% 8	2.1% 3	4.8% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.7% 18
Inspiration of the Holy Spirit	3.9% 5	7.0% 10	5.4% 8	6.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.4% 26
Human reason	0.8% 1	1.4% 2	2.0% 3	2.2% 1	4.8% 1	1.6% 8
Personal intuition or enlightenment	0.8% 1	1.4% 2	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 143	100.0% 147	100.0% 45	100.0% 21	485