Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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HOMOSXLA (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your opinion, if a person has a homosexual orientation but does not practice homosexual acts, which of the following can be permitted? (Circle one or more.)   1) He/She may be a member of my congregation.   2) He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.   3) He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.   4) None of the above should be permitted.

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	1468	48.4%	48.4%
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	226	7.5%	55.9%
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	364	12%	67.9%
None of the above should be permitted.	972	32.1%	100%
Missing	56	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church Sex Age Marital status Education Place of residence Nationality Household income Political party

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	48.2% 659	50.7% 411	47.9% 265	44.0% 110	46.2% 24	48.4% 1469
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	8.3% 113	8.4% 68	5.1% 28	6.0% 15	3.8% 2	7.5% 226
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	13.3% 182	13.3% 108	9.4% 52	8.0% 20	5.8% 3	12.0% 365
None of the above should be permitted.	30.2% 413	27.6% 224	37.6% 208	42.0% 105	44.2% 23	32.1% 973
Missing	27	16	8	5	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1367	100.0% 811	100.0% 553	100.0% 250	100.0% 52	3033

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	43.0% 606	53.5% 857	5	48.6% 1463
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	6.7% 95	8.2% 131	0	7.5% 226
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	15.8% 223	8.8% 141	0	12.1% 364
None of the above should be permitted.	34.5% 486	29.6% 474	13	31.9% 960
Missing	21	33	0	54
TOTAL	100.0% 1410	100.0% 1603	18	3013

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	47.2% 257	44.5% 301	53.0% 272	51.7% 380	45.3% 247	12	48.4% 1457
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	9.7% 53	9.9% 67	7.6% 39	7.1% 52	2.8% 15	0	7.5% 226
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	12.9% 70	17.8% 120	17.3% 89	9.4% 69	2.9% 16	1	12.1% 364
None of the above should be permitted.	30.1% 164	27.8% 188	22.0% 113	31.8% 234	49.0% 267	5	32.1% 966
Missing	8	8	8	10	19	0	53
TOTAL	100.0% 544	100.0% 676	100.0% 513	100.0% 735	100.0% 545	18	3013

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	47.3% 196	48.2% 1167	55.1% 75	52.8% 28	2	48.5% 1466
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	9.4% 39	7.3% 178	2.9% 4	7.5% 4	0	7.4% 225
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	14.0% 58	12.2% 295	2.2% 3	15.1% 8	1	12.0% 364
None of the above should be permitted.	29.2% 121	32.3% 782	39.7% 54	24.5% 13	2	32.1% 970
Missing	9	41	6	0	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 414	100.0% 2422	100.0% 136	100.0% 53	5	3025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	42.1% 288	52.0% 433	52.7% 292	48.2% 147	46.7% 301	7	48.4% 1461
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	2.6% 18	3.4% 28	9.7% 54	13.8% 42	13.2% 85	0	7.5% 227
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	4.1% 28	5.0% 42	10.1% 56	17.4% 53	28.7% 185	1	12.1% 364
None of the above should be permitted.	51.2% 350	39.6% 330	27.4% 152	20.7% 63	11.3% 73	5	32.1% 968
Missing	24	13	8	6	5	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 684	100.0% 833	100.0% 554	100.0% 305	100.0% 644	13	3020

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	48.7% 1003	48.3% 446	53.8% 7	11	48.6% 1456
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	7.6% 157	7.5% 69	0.0% 0	0	7.5% 226
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	11.8% 243	12.6% 116	23.1% 3	2	12.1% 362
None of the above should be permitted.	31.9% 656	31.7% 293	23.1% 3	21	31.8% 952
Missing	34	22	0	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 2059	100.0% 924	100.0% 13	34	2996

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	49.4% 565	48.8% 660	52.9% 63	45.7% 102	78	49.0% 1390
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	9.1% 104	7.0% 95	5.0% 6	4.9% 11	10	7.6% 216
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	14.0% 160	10.4% 141	13.4% 16	16.1% 36	11	12.4% 353
None of the above should be permitted.	27.5% 314	33.8% 457	28.6% 34	33.2% 74	93	31.0% 879
Missing	12	27	3	6	0	48
TOTAL	100.0% 1143	100.0% 1353	100.0% 119	100.0% 223	192	2838

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	48.5% 296	47.3% 337	49.0% 258	53.8% 214	49.8% 267	96	49.3% 1372
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	4.8% 29	7.3% 52	10.6% 56	7.5% 30	9.3% 50	10	7.8% 217
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	5.1% 31	15.0% 107	12.9% 68	13.8% 55	16.0% 86	18	12.5% 347
None of the above should be permitted.	41.6% 254	30.4% 217	27.4% 144	24.9% 99	24.8% 133	125	30.4% 847
Missing	16	14	5	2	7	0	44
TOTAL	100.0% 610	100.0% 713	100.0% 526	100.0% 398	100.0% 536	249	2783

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
He/She may be a member of my congregation.	38.9% 154	52.5% 586	53.5% 38	690	49.1% 778
He/She could serve as a leader in the congregation.	15.2% 60	6.1% 68	4.2% 3	96	8.3% 131
He/She could be ordained to the ministry if otherwise qualified.	31.8% 126	6.2% 69	26.8% 19	151	13.5% 214
None of the above should be permitted.	14.1% 56	35.3% 394	15.5% 11	511	29.1% 461
Missing	6	16	1	0	23
TOTAL	100.0% 396	100.0% 1117	100.0% 71	1448	1584