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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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INERRANT (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

We should not allow persons to be members of our churches if they do not believe in the fundamentals of the Christian faith, including such as the following: the Bible as the inerrant Word of God, Jesus as the divine Son of God, Jesus' vicarious atonement for our sins, and his bodily resurrection.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Strongly agree	1587	51.6%	51.6%
Agree	903	29.4%	81%
Uncertain	316	10.3%	91.3%
Disagree	191	6.2%	97.5%
Strongly disagree	77	2.5%	100%
Missing	14	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Strongly agree	43.7% 606	44.3% 364	75.1% 419	62.2% 158	78.4% 40	51.7% 1587
Agree	34.6% 480	29.8% 245	18.3% 102	26.0% 66	17.6% 9	29.4% 902
Uncertain	11.5% 159	14.1% 116	3.6% 20	7.5% 19	3.9% 2	10.3% 316
Disagree	7.6% 105	7.9% 65	2.2% 12	3.1% 8	0.0% 0	6.2% 190
Strongly disagree	2.6% 36	3.9% 32	0.9% 5	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 76
Missing	8	5	1	1	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 1386	100.0% 822	100.0% 558	100.0% 254	100.0% 51	3071

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	51.5% 736	51.8% 841	10	51.7% 1577
Agree	28.4% 406	30.2% 490	6	29.4% 896
Uncertain	9.2% 132	11.2% 182	1	10.3% 314
Disagree	7.9% 113	4.7% 76	1	6.2% 189
Strongly disagree	2.9% 41	2.2% 35	1	2.5% 76
Missing	2	12	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1624	19	3052

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.2% 222	49.3% 338	52.2% 270	58.4% 433	55.9% 313	11	51.6% 1576
Agree	32.2% 178	31.0% 213	31.3% 162	25.3% 188	28.2% 158	4	29.4% 899
Uncertain	16.7% 92	10.5% 72	7.7% 40	7.4% 55	9.8% 55	3	10.3% 314
Disagree	7.2% 40	6.3% 43	6.6% 34	7.4% 55	3.2% 18	0	6.2% 190
Strongly disagree	3.6% 20	2.9% 20	2.1% 11	1.5% 11	2.9% 16	0	2.6% 78
Missing	1	0	5	2	4	0	12
TOTAL	100.0% 552	100.0% 686	100.0% 517	100.0% 742	100.0% 560	18	3057

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	40.6% 172	53.6% 1314	51.8% 73	45.5% 25	3	51.6% 1584
Agree	32.8% 139	28.9% 708	31.2% 44	21.8% 12	0	29.4% 903
Uncertain	16.3% 69	9.0% 221	11.3% 16	16.4% 9	0	10.3% 315
Disagree	7.1% 30	6.3% 155	1.4% 2	9.1% 5	0	6.3% 192
Strongly disagree	3.3% 14	2.2% 53	4.3% 6	7.3% 4	1	2.5% 77
Missing	0	12	2	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 424	100.0% 2451	100.0% 141	100.0% 55	4	3071

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	57.7% 407	52.9% 446	52.9% 293	49.5% 153	43.8% 284	4	51.7% 1583
Agree	26.4% 186	32.9% 277	28.0% 155	30.1% 93	29.0% 188	4	29.4% 899
Uncertain	10.5% 74	9.8% 83	11.2% 62	10.0% 31	9.4% 61	5	10.2% 311
Disagree	3.7% 26	3.1% 26	4.9% 27	8.1% 25	13.3% 86	0	6.2% 190
Strongly disagree	1.7% 12	1.3% 11	3.1% 17	2.3% 7	4.5% 29	1	2.5% 76
Missing	3	3	7	2	0	0	15
TOTAL	100.0% 705	100.0% 843	100.0% 554	100.0% 309	100.0% 648	14	3059

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.4% 1008	58.7% 554	53.8% 7	18	51.6% 1569
Agree	31.0% 645	25.8% 244	23.1% 3	11	29.3% 892
Uncertain	11.4% 237	7.8% 74	15.4% 2	2	10.3% 313
Disagree	6.9% 143	4.9% 46	0.0% 0	2	6.2% 189
Strongly disagree	2.4% 51	2.8% 26	7.7% 1	0	2.6% 78
Missing	11	3	0	0	14
TOTAL	100.0% 2084	100.0% 944	100.0% 13	33	3041

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	48.4% 559	55.9% 766	51.6% 63	48.2% 110	89	52.1% 1498
Agree	30.9% 357	27.8% 381	29.5% 36	28.5% 65	63	29.2% 839
Uncertain	10.7% 123	8.4% 115	12.3% 15	11.4% 26	36	9.7% 279
Disagree	7.6% 88	5.1% 70	4.1% 5	9.6% 22	6	6.4% 185
Strongly disagree	2.3% 27	2.8% 39	2.5% 3	2.2% 5	4	2.6% 74
Missing	1	9	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 1154	100.0% 1371	100.0% 122	100.0% 228	198	2875

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	55.3% 345	52.7% 380	48.8% 259	51.4% 205	54.2% 293	106	52.6% 1482
Agree	29.8% 186	30.0% 216	30.7% 163	25.6% 102	26.8% 145	90	28.8% 812
Uncertain	9.1% 57	9.0% 65	11.3% 60	12.3% 49	8.1% 44	40	9.8% 275
Disagree	3.8% 24	6.0% 43	6.6% 35	8.0% 32	7.9% 43	14	6.3% 177
Strongly disagree	1.9% 12	2.4% 17	2.6% 14	2.8% 11	3.0% 16	7	2.5% 70
Missing	1	6	0	2	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 624	100.0% 721	100.0% 531	100.0% 399	100.0% 541	257	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Strongly agree	30.6% 122	54.9% 618	37.5% 27	820	48.1% 767
Agree	31.3% 125	31.5% 354	33.3% 24	400	31.5% 503
Uncertain	17.3% 69	8.0% 90	13.9% 10	146	10.6% 169
Disagree	15.5% 62	4.0% 45	12.5% 9	75	7.3% 116
Strongly disagree	5.3% 21	1.6% 18	2.8% 2	37	2.6% 41
Missing	2	7	0	0	9
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 1125	100.0% 72	1478	1596