Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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DVRCMBR (Weighted by WTFACTOR) Under what conditions would you approve admitting to membership in your church a person who is divorced and remarried (with first spouse still living)? (circle one).   1) Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.   2) Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.   3) If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.   4) If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.   5) The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.   6) Uncertain

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	140	4.6%	4.6%
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	344	11.4%	16%
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	1306	43.1%	59.1%
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	198	6.5%	65.6%
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	697	23%	88.6%
Uncertain	343	11.3%	99.9%
Missing	58	%	%

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
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	7.1% 96	2.0% 16	3.1% 17	4.0% 10	2.0% 1	4.6% 140
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	10.6% 144	9.8% 80	12.7% 70	16.3% 41	18.0% 9	11.4% 344
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	43.1% 587	38.0% 310	51.7% 285	41.8% 105	40.0% 20	43.2% 1307
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	7.3% 99	9.2% 75	2.9% 16	2.4% 6	2.0% 1	6.5% 197
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	19.5% 265	30.3% 247	19.8% 109	24.7% 62	28.0% 14	23.0% 697
Uncertain	12.5% 170	10.7% 87	9.8% 54	10.8% 27	10.0% 5	11.3% 343
Missing	33	12	8	4	1	58
TOTAL	100.0% 1361	100.0% 815	100.0% 551	100.0% 251	100.0% 50	3028

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	4.8% 68	4.4% 71	2	4.6% 139
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	11.2% 158	11.3% 181	5	11.3% 339
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	47.3% 667	39.5% 632	8	43.1% 1299
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	8.4% 118	4.9% 78	3	6.5% 196
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	19.7% 277	26.2% 419	1	23.1% 696
Uncertain	8.6% 121	13.8% 221	0	11.4% 342
Missing	22	34	0	56
TOTAL	100.0% 1409	100.0% 1602	19	3011

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	3.1% 17	2.7% 18	1.9% 10	7.3% 53	7.8% 42	1	4.6% 140
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	9.8% 54	8.6% 58	7.4% 38	10.8% 79	20.7% 112	4	11.3% 341
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	40.1% 220	42.8% 290	49.6% 256	44.7% 326	38.1% 206	7	43.1% 1298
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	5.3% 29	6.6% 45	7.4% 38	8.5% 62	4.1% 22	3	6.5% 196
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	26.6% 146	29.7% 201	25.6% 132	20.1% 147	13.0% 70	1	23.1% 696
Uncertain	15.1% 83	9.6% 65	8.1% 42	8.6% 63	16.3% 88	3	11.3% 341
Missing	4	9	6	14	25	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 549	100.0% 677	100.0% 516	100.0% 730	100.0% 540	19	3012

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	5.0% 21	4.7% 113	4.3% 6	0.0% 0	0	4.6% 140
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	8.4% 35	11.2% 270	23.2% 32	10.0% 5	2	11.3% 342
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	41.6% 174	44.4% 1074	29.0% 40	36.0% 18	1	43.2% 1306
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	5.5% 23	6.7% 161	8.0% 11	4.0% 2	0	6.5% 197
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	23.9% 100	23.0% 556	13.8% 19	46.0% 23	0	23.1% 698
Uncertain	15.6% 65	10.1% 245	21.7% 30	4.0% 2	1	11.3% 342
Missing	7	44	5	2	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 418	100.0% 2419	100.0% 138	100.0% 50	4	3025

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	11.8% 81	4.9% 41	1.3% 7	2.0% 6	0.6% 4	1	4.6% 139
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	16.5% 113	13.8% 115	9.0% 50	9.4% 29	5.3% 34	2	11.3% 341
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	42.3% 290	40.9% 340	41.7% 231	41.7% 128	48.4% 310	7	43.1% 1299
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	3.1% 21	5.3% 44	6.9% 38	8.1% 25	10.9% 70	0	6.6% 198
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	9.1% 62	22.3% 185	31.6% 175	30.6% 94	28.4% 182	1	23.1% 698
Uncertain	17.2% 118	12.8% 106	9.6% 53	8.1% 25	6.3% 40	2	11.3% 342
Missing	23	14	9	3	9	0	58
TOTAL	100.0% 685	100.0% 831	100.0% 554	100.0% 307	100.0% 640	13	3017

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	5.2% 107	3.3% 31	0.0% 0	2	4.6% 138
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	11.2% 231	11.5% 107	0.0% 0	6	11.3% 338
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	41.4% 851	47.1% 438	53.8% 7	10	43.2% 1296
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	6.5% 134	6.0% 56	23.1% 3	5	6.4% 193
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	24.6% 506	20.1% 187	15.4% 2	2	23.2% 695
Uncertain	11.0% 226	11.8% 110	7.7% 1	5	11.2% 337
Missing	39	16	0	0	55
TOTAL	100.0% 2055	100.0% 929	100.0% 13	30	2997

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	5.8% 66	3.5% 47	0.8% 1	3.1% 7	20	4.3% 121
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	11.2% 127	11.6% 158	7.4% 9	11.6% 26	24	11.3% 320
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	46.5% 530	44.3% 601	41.3% 50	30.7% 69	57	44.0% 1250
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	7.6% 86	6.3% 85	1.7% 2	8.0% 18	8	6.7% 191
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	17.7% 202	23.1% 314	42.1% 51	37.3% 84	47	22.9% 651
Uncertain	11.2% 128	11.2% 152	6.6% 8	9.3% 21	34	10.9% 309
Missing	17	24	2	3	0	46
TOTAL	100.0% 1139	100.0% 1357	100.0% 121	100.0% 225	190	2842

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	10.1% 62	2.9% 21	2.9% 15	1.5% 6	2.6% 14	21	4.2% 118
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	16.0% 98	11.5% 82	7.9% 41	8.5% 34	10.4% 56	34	11.2% 311
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	37.4% 229	47.6% 341	47.5% 247	45.5% 181	44.1% 237	72	44.3% 1235
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	6.5% 40	5.4% 39	6.7% 35	8.0% 32	7.4% 40	11	6.7% 186
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	17.3% 106	23.5% 168	24.8% 129	26.4% 105	27.0% 145	44	23.4% 653
Uncertain	12.7% 78	9.1% 65	10.2% 53	10.1% 40	8.6% 46	60	10.1% 282
Missing	13	11	10	2	4	0	40
TOTAL	100.0% 613	100.0% 716	100.0% 520	100.0% 398	100.0% 538	242	2785

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Under no conditions should they be admitted to membership.	1.5% 6	3.6% 40	2.9% 2	93	3.0% 48
Only if the divorce was due to unfaithfulness (adultery) by the other spouse.	4.1% 16	12.9% 144	4.3% 3	180	10.4% 163
If the person has confessed their wrong and made all possible restitution.	35.1% 137	45.2% 503	38.6% 27	639	42.4% 667
If the person promises to be faithful to the church's doctrine and teachings from this point on, even though not making confession.	13.1% 51	5.2% 58	5.7% 4	85	7.2% 113
The person should be admitted on the basis of their professed belief in Christ without reference to the divorce and remarriage.	39.2% 153	21.9% 244	41.4% 29	272	27.1% 426
Uncertain	6.9% 27	11.2% 125	7.1% 5	184	10.0% 157
Missing	11	17	1	0	29
TOTAL	100.0% 390	100.0% 1114	100.0% 70	1453	1574