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Rural Ministry Project, Clergy, 1990

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Which of the following resources or programs of your denomination (regional, district, conference, presbytery, synod, etc.) has your congregation used or participated in during the past five years? -- Special mission or project financial offerings

	1) Checked (yes)
	2) Not checked (no)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Checked (yes)	165	75%	75%	-.58
Not checked (no)	55	25%	100%	1.73

Variable Comparisons

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	The open country	A town	TOTAL
Checked (yes)	72.3% 34	75.7% 131	75.0% 165
Not checked (no)	27.7% 13	24.3% 42	25.0% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 173	220

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	99 & less	100-199	200-299	300 & up	TOTAL
Checked (yes)	83.3% 25	73.7% 42	68.4% 26	75.8% 72	75.0% 165
Not checked (no)	16.7% 5	26.3% 15	31.6% 12	24.2% 23	25.0% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 57	100.0% 38	100.0% 95	220

Population size (I-POPULATN)

	Open country	Small village	Small town	Town	City	TOTAL
Checked (yes)	84.6% 11	69.6% 39	76.1% 35	75.0% 18	77.1% 27	74.7% 130
Not checked (no)	15.4% 2	30.4% 17	23.9% 11	25.0% 6	22.9% 8	25.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 56	100.0% 46	100.0% 24	100.0% 35	174

Evangelical/pentecostal? (I-EVAN/PEN)

	Not in an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	In an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	TOTAL
Checked (yes)	72.5% 140	92.6% 25	75.0% 165
Not checked (no)	27.5% 53	7.4% 2	25.0% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 27	220

Denomination (I-MAINLINE)

	Not in a mainline denomination	In a mainline denomination	TOTAL
Checked (yes)	77.2% 129	67.9% 36	75.0% 165
Not checked (no)	22.8% 38	32.1% 17	25.0% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 53	220