Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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ATTRACTC (Weighted by WTFACTOR) In your judgment, what are the three most important factors that attract persons to join a local congregation of your denomination? Factor 3:   0) Other   3) Sunday School program   4) Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit   5) Inspiration of the Sunday worship service   6) Congregation's support of members with personal needs   7) Church is located nearby   8) Personal invitation to join from a member

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Other	81	2.9%	2.9%
Sunday School program	49	1.8%	4.7%
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	380	13.7%	18.4%
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	471	17%	35.4%
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	1053	38%	73.4%
Church is located nearby	192	6.9%	80.3%
Personal invitation to join from a member	543	19.6%	99.9%
Missing	317	%	%

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
Other	1.7% 22	4.2% 31	3.7% 18	3.0% 7	4.3% 2	2.9% 80
Sunday School program	1.6% 20	2.0% 15	1.8% 9	1.3% 3	2.1% 1	1.7% 48
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	11.6% 146	13.2% 97	14.1% 69	23.2% 55	27.7% 13	13.7% 380
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	18.4% 232	16.1% 118	16.7% 82	13.1% 31	14.9% 7	17.0% 470
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	42.1% 529	34.0% 249	35.0% 172	36.7% 87	34.0% 16	38.1% 1053
Church is located nearby	6.1% 77	7.5% 55	8.6% 42	7.2% 17	4.3% 2	7.0% 193
Personal invitation to join from a member	18.4% 232	22.9% 168	20.2% 99	15.6% 37	12.8% 6	19.6% 542
Missing	135	93	68	18	3	317
TOTAL	100.0% 1258	100.0% 733	100.0% 491	100.0% 237	100.0% 47	2766

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Other	3.1% 39	2.8% 42	0	2.9% 81
Sunday School program	1.7% 21	1.9% 29	0	1.8% 50
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	13.3% 168	14.0% 209	3	13.7% 377
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	18.6% 235	15.5% 232	4	16.9% 467
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	34.7% 438	41.1% 614	1	38.1% 1052
Church is located nearby	6.3% 79	7.4% 110	3	6.9% 189
Personal invitation to join from a member	22.5% 284	17.3% 258	1	19.7% 542
Missing	167	142	0	309
TOTAL	100.0% 1264	100.0% 1494	12	2758

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Other	4.2% 21	2.9% 19	2.8% 13	3.0% 20	2.0% 9	0	3.0% 82
Sunday School program	1.8% 9	2.6% 17	0.4% 2	1.2% 8	2.8% 13	0	1.8% 49
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	9.3% 47	11.2% 74	9.8% 46	17.4% 116	21.0% 96	2	13.7% 379
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	17.2% 87	16.4% 108	17.0% 80	18.0% 120	16.2% 74	2	17.0% 469
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	41.2% 208	37.0% 244	42.5% 200	34.7% 231	36.2% 166	3	38.0% 1049
Church is located nearby	7.9% 40	6.2% 41	6.8% 32	7.2% 48	6.6% 30	2	6.9% 191
Personal invitation to join from a member	18.4% 93	23.7% 156	20.8% 98	18.5% 123	15.3% 70	3	19.6% 540
Missing	47	27	51	79	106	0	310
TOTAL	100.0% 505	100.0% 659	100.0% 471	100.0% 666	100.0% 458	12	2759

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Other	4.4% 17	2.7% 61	0.0% 0	4.2% 2	0	2.9% 80
Sunday School program	1.0% 4	2.0% 45	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 50
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	9.1% 35	14.2% 315	20.0% 23	10.4% 5	1	13.7% 378
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	18.5% 71	16.8% 372	20.0% 23	10.4% 5	0	17.0% 471
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	37.3% 143	37.7% 838	38.3% 44	58.3% 28	1	38.1% 1053
Church is located nearby	7.0% 27	7.0% 155	7.0% 8	4.2% 2	0	6.9% 192
Personal invitation to join from a member	22.5% 86	19.5% 434	13.9% 16	12.5% 6	2	19.6% 542
Missing	41	244	27	5	0	317
TOTAL	100.0% 383	100.0% 2220	100.0% 115	100.0% 48	4	2766

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Other	1.7% 10	1.9% 15	3.0% 16	5.9% 17	3.9% 23	0	2.9% 81
Sunday School program	2.1% 12	1.8% 14	1.5% 8	2.8% 8	1.2% 7	0	1.8% 49
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	20.2% 116	16.0% 125	11.2% 59	8.3% 24	9.2% 54	2	13.7% 378
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	21.4% 123	18.7% 146	12.7% 67	16.6% 48	14.9% 88	0	17.1% 472
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	35.4% 203	38.7% 302	41.3% 217	39.3% 114	35.9% 212	4	38.0% 1048
Church is located nearby	7.0% 40	7.3% 57	7.4% 39	5.5% 16	6.9% 41	0	7.0% 193
Personal invitation to join from a member	12.2% 70	15.6% 122	22.8% 120	21.7% 63	28.0% 165	2	19.6% 540
Missing	133	64	36	22	59	0	314
TOTAL	100.0% 574	100.0% 781	100.0% 526	100.0% 290	100.0% 590	8	2761

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Other	2.7% 51	3.2% 27	14.3% 2	1	2.9% 80
Sunday School program	1.7% 33	1.9% 16	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 49
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	13.9% 262	13.1% 109	0.0% 0	8	13.6% 371
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	17.2% 325	16.8% 140	0.0% 0	7	17.0% 465
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	39.2% 740	35.6% 297	50.0% 7	8	38.1% 1044
Church is located nearby	7.1% 135	6.5% 54	7.1% 1	3	6.9% 190
Personal invitation to join from a member	18.2% 344	22.9% 191	28.6% 4	5	19.7% 539
Missing	203	112	0	0	315
TOTAL	100.0% 1890	100.0% 834	100.0% 14	32	2738

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Other	2.1% 22	3.9% 47	1.7% 2	3.3% 7	3	3.0% 78
Sunday School program	1.1% 12	2.1% 26	0.9% 1	1.9% 4	7	1.7% 43
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	10.9% 114	14.5% 177	17.4% 20	15.3% 32	37	13.2% 343
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	18.3% 192	16.9% 206	16.5% 19	10.5% 22	33	16.9% 439
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	40.1% 421	35.7% 436	39.1% 45	40.2% 84	67	38.0% 986
Church is located nearby	6.0% 63	7.3% 89	7.8% 9	7.7% 16	15	6.8% 177
Personal invitation to join from a member	21.4% 225	19.6% 239	16.5% 19	21.1% 44	15	20.3% 527
Missing	105	160	7	20	0	292
TOTAL	100.0% 1049	100.0% 1220	100.0% 115	100.0% 209	177	2593

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Other	3.2% 17	2.8% 18	2.4% 12	3.0% 11	2.6% 13	9	2.8% 71
Sunday School program	1.5% 8	2.1% 14	0.8% 4	3.0% 11	1.4% 7	6	1.7% 44
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	16.1% 86	12.1% 79	14.1% 70	12.2% 45	10.8% 53	48	13.1% 333
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	17.8% 95	16.1% 105	14.9% 74	16.3% 60	21.1% 104	33	17.2% 438
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	37.2% 199	40.7% 266	39.8% 198	38.6% 142	33.9% 167	81	38.1% 972
Church is located nearby	9.0% 48	6.6% 43	6.0% 30	6.0% 22	8.1% 40	10	7.2% 183
Personal invitation to join from a member	15.3% 82	19.7% 129	22.1% 110	20.9% 77	22.1% 109	36	19.9% 507
Missing	92	73	32	33	49	0	279
TOTAL	100.0% 535	100.0% 654	100.0% 498	100.0% 368	100.0% 493	223	2548

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Other	3.5% 13	2.2% 23	6.0% 4	40	2.7% 40
Sunday School program	1.9% 7	1.7% 18	0.0% 0	24	1.7% 25
Preaching of the gospel from the pulpit	7.4% 27	16.2% 167	9.0% 6	181	13.6% 200
Inspiration of the Sunday worship service	12.3% 45	18.8% 194	19.4% 13	219	17.2% 252
Congregation's support of members with personal needs	42.0% 154	37.5% 387	40.3% 27	485	38.7% 568
Church is located nearby	8.2% 30	6.3% 65	4.5% 3	94	6.7% 98
Personal invitation to join from a member	24.8% 91	17.3% 179	20.9% 14	260	19.4% 284
Missing	36	98	4	0	138
TOTAL	100.0% 367	100.0% 1033	100.0% 67	1303	1467