Rural Ministry Project, Clergy, 1990

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YEAREST In what year was your congregation/parish established?   1) Before 1851   2) 1851-1875   3) 1876-1900   4) 1901-1925   5) 1926-1950   6) 1951-1975   7) 1976 to present   8) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Before 1851	1	.5%	.5%	-1.69
1851-1875	55	25.3%	25.8%	-1
1876-1900	88	40.6%	66.4%	-.32
1901-1925	30	13.8%	80.2%	.37
1926-1950	16	7.4%	87.6%	1.05
1951-1975	16	7.4%	94.9%	1.73
1976 to present	7	3.2%	98.2%	2.42
Don't know	4	1.8%	100%	3.1

Variable Comparisons

Place of residence Church membership Population size Evangelical/pentecostal? Denomination

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	The open country	A town	TOTAL
Before 1851	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
1851-1875	48.9% 23	18.8% 32	25.3% 55
1876-1900	36.2% 17	41.8% 71	40.6% 88
1901-1925	4.3% 2	16.5% 28	13.8% 30
1926-1950	6.4% 3	7.6% 13	7.4% 16
1951-1975	2.1% 1	8.8% 15	7.4% 16
1976 to present	0.0% 0	4.1% 7	3.2% 7
Don't know	0.0% 0	2.4% 4	1.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 170	217

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	99 & less	100-199	200-299	300 & up	TOTAL
Before 1851	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
1851-1875	10.7% 3	32.1% 18	26.3% 10	25.3% 24	25.3% 55
1876-1900	32.1% 9	28.6% 16	47.4% 18	47.4% 45	40.6% 88
1901-1925	21.4% 6	16.1% 9	13.2% 5	10.5% 10	13.8% 30
1926-1950	17.9% 5	7.1% 4	5.3% 2	5.3% 5	7.4% 16
1951-1975	7.1% 2	7.1% 4	2.6% 1	9.5% 9	7.4% 16
1976 to present	7.1% 2	5.4% 3	2.6% 1	1.1% 1	3.2% 7
Don't know	3.6% 1	1.8% 1	2.6% 1	1.1% 1	1.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 56	100.0% 38	100.0% 95	217

Population size (I-POPULATN)

	Open country	Small village	Small town	Town	City	TOTAL
Before 1851	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
1851-1875	7.7% 1	23.6% 13	15.9% 7	25.0% 6	17.1% 6	19.3% 33
1876-1900	53.8% 7	38.2% 21	38.6% 17	54.2% 13	34.3% 12	40.9% 70
1901-1925	23.1% 3	16.4% 9	22.7% 10	4.2% 1	14.3% 5	16.4% 28
1926-1950	15.4% 2	10.9% 6	4.5% 2	4.2% 1	8.6% 3	8.2% 14
1951-1975	0.0% 0	7.3% 4	11.4% 5	8.3% 2	11.4% 4	8.8% 15
1976 to present	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	11.4% 4	4.1% 7
Don't know	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.3% 1	4.2% 1	2.9% 1	2.3% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 55	100.0% 44	100.0% 24	100.0% 35	171

Evangelical/pentecostal? (I-EVAN/PEN)

	Not in an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	In an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	TOTAL
Before 1851	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
1851-1875	27.2% 52	11.5% 3	25.3% 55
1876-1900	43.5% 83	19.2% 5	40.6% 88
1901-1925	12.6% 24	23.1% 6	13.8% 30
1926-1950	5.8% 11	19.2% 5	7.4% 16
1951-1975	7.3% 14	7.7% 2	7.4% 16
1976 to present	1.0% 2	19.2% 5	3.2% 7
Don't know	2.1% 4	0.0% 0	1.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 191	100.0% 26	217

Denomination (I-MAINLINE)

	Not in a mainline denomination	In a mainline denomination	TOTAL
Before 1851	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
1851-1875	26.1% 43	23.1% 12	25.3% 55
1876-1900	35.2% 58	57.7% 30	40.6% 88
1901-1925	15.2% 25	9.6% 5	13.8% 30
1926-1950	8.5% 14	3.8% 2	7.4% 16
1951-1975	9.1% 15	1.9% 1	7.4% 16
1976 to present	4.2% 7	0.0% 0	3.2% 7
Don't know	1.2% 2	3.8% 2	1.8% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 52	217