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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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MIRACLS (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Church members vary considerably in their views on how much Mennonites and Brethren in Christ get involved in the larger societies in which we live. Response to the following will help our church leaders understand where our current membership stands on these issues. Circle the number of your response. - I tend to discount or rationalize the nature miracles described in the New Testament, such as walking on water and turning water into wine.

	1) Strongly agree
	2) Agree
	3) Uncertain
	4) Disagree
	5) Strongly disagree

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	32	1.1%	1.1%
Agree	140	4.7%	5.8%
Uncertain	166	5.5%	11.3%
Disagree	1175	39.2%	50.5%
Strongly disagree	1484	49.5%	100%
Missing	91	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 17	1.1% 9	0.5% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 31
Agree	5.0% 68	7.0% 56	2.2% 12	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	4.7% 140
Uncertain	6.3% 85	7.2% 58	1.6% 9	5.2% 13	2.0% 1	5.5% 166
Disagree	41.6% 560	41.7% 335	31.8% 174	37.1% 92	26.5% 13	39.2% 1174
Strongly disagree	45.8% 617	43.0% 345	63.9% 350	55.2% 137	71.4% 35	49.5% 1484
Missing	47	24	12	6	1	90
TOTAL	100.0% 1347	100.0% 803	100.0% 548	100.0% 248	100.0% 49	2995

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 13	1.2% 19	0	1.1% 32
Agree	5.2% 73	4.0% 63	4	4.6% 136
Uncertain	6.8% 95	4.5% 71	0	5.6% 166
Disagree	37.8% 526	40.3% 640	8	39.1% 1166
Strongly disagree	49.2% 686	50.0% 794	4	49.7% 1480
Missing	36	50	0	86
TOTAL	100.0% 1393	100.0% 1587	16	2980

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.5% 3	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	1.8% 13	2.3% 12	0	1.1% 32
Agree	5.6% 31	4.0% 27	3.3% 17	5.5% 39	4.9% 25	1	4.7% 139
Uncertain	7.8% 43	4.5% 31	5.4% 28	2.9% 21	7.8% 40	3	5.5% 163
Disagree	35.2% 194	39.1% 267	38.4% 199	41.6% 296	41.6% 214	5	39.3% 1170
Strongly disagree	50.8% 280	52.1% 356	52.5% 272	48.2% 343	43.4% 223	9	49.5% 1474
Missing	1	2	4	32	50	0	89
TOTAL	100.0% 551	100.0% 683	100.0% 518	100.0% 712	100.0% 514	18	2978

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 6	1.0% 25	0.0% 0	4.0% 2	0	1.1% 33
Agree	5.3% 22	4.6% 111	3.8% 5	4.0% 2	0	4.7% 140
Uncertain	9.1% 38	4.9% 117	6.1% 8	4.0% 2	1	5.5% 165
Disagree	37.7% 158	38.7% 928	50.4% 66	42.0% 21	2	39.2% 1173
Strongly disagree	46.5% 195	50.7% 1214	39.7% 52	46.0% 23	0	49.5% 1484
Missing	6	69	11	4	0	90
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2395	100.0% 131	100.0% 50	3	2995

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	2.9% 19	0.6% 5	0.7% 4	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0	1.1% 32
Agree	4.6% 30	3.7% 30	3.6% 20	4.5% 14	7.1% 46	0	4.7% 140
Uncertain	7.8% 51	5.2% 43	4.1% 23	3.2% 10	5.6% 36	2	5.5% 163
Disagree	41.3% 269	41.3% 339	38.9% 216	36.3% 113	36.1% 233	5	39.2% 1170
Strongly disagree	43.4% 283	49.2% 404	52.6% 292	55.9% 174	50.5% 326	4	49.6% 1479
Missing	55	24	7	0	3	0	89
TOTAL	100.0% 652	100.0% 821	100.0% 555	100.0% 311	100.0% 645	11	2984

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.1% 23	0.9% 8	7.1% 1	0	1.1% 32
Agree	4.2% 85	5.4% 49	7.1% 1	4	4.6% 135
Uncertain	5.9% 121	4.6% 42	0.0% 0	4	5.5% 163
Disagree	39.6% 808	38.2% 349	35.7% 5	12	39.2% 1162
Strongly disagree	49.1% 1001	51.0% 466	50.0% 7	11	49.7% 1474
Missing	55	33	0	0	88
TOTAL	100.0% 2038	100.0% 914	100.0% 14	31	2966

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	0.9% 10	1.0% 13	1.7% 2	1.8% 4	3	1.0% 29
Agree	3.7% 42	5.3% 71	4.2% 5	3.6% 8	13	4.5% 126
Uncertain	5.7% 65	4.8% 64	4.2% 5	7.7% 17	16	5.4% 151
Disagree	39.5% 448	39.4% 528	32.8% 39	36.0% 80	80	38.9% 1095
Strongly disagree	50.1% 568	49.6% 664	57.1% 68	50.9% 113	71	50.2% 1413
Missing	22	42	2	6	0	72
TOTAL	100.0% 1133	100.0% 1340	100.0% 119	100.0% 222	183	2814

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.4% 8	1.3% 9	0.8% 4	0.5% 2	0.9% 5	4	1.0% 28
Agree	2.6% 15	3.2% 23	6.1% 32	5.5% 22	6.3% 34	14	4.6% 126
Uncertain	5.6% 33	4.3% 31	5.5% 29	4.3% 17	6.1% 33	24	5.2% 143
Disagree	41.7% 244	39.9% 285	38.3% 202	41.3% 164	34.5% 185	95	39.1% 1080
Strongly disagree	48.7% 285	51.3% 367	49.4% 261	48.4% 192	52.1% 280	99	50.1% 1385
Missing	41	13	3	4	5	0	66
TOTAL	100.0% 585	100.0% 715	100.0% 528	100.0% 397	100.0% 537	236	2762

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	1.3% 5	0.7% 8	0.0% 0	19	0.8% 13
Agree	8.8% 35	2.7% 30	4.3% 3	71	4.3% 68
Uncertain	8.3% 33	4.2% 47	14.5% 10	76	5.7% 90
Disagree	46.0% 183	35.5% 395	29.0% 20	577	37.8% 598
Strongly disagree	35.7% 142	56.9% 633	52.2% 36	673	51.3% 811
Missing	5	18	2	0	25
TOTAL	100.0% 398	100.0% 1113	100.0% 69	1416	1580