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Rural Ministry Project, Clergy, 1990

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Below are several elements of your community and congregation/parish. Assign a 1 to the following aspects of your community and church if you consider them a weak point in attracting or keeping ministers. Assign a 2 to the following aspects of your community and church if you consider them neither a strong or weak point in attracting or keeping ministers. Assign a 3 to the following aspects of your community and church if you consider them a strong point in attracting or keeping ministers. -- Parsonage/manse/rectory

	1) Weak point
	2) Neither strong or weak point
	3) Strong point

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Weak point	38	17.8%	17.8%	-1.8
Neither strong or weak point	54	25.4%	43.2%	-.5
Strong point	121	56.8%	100%	.79

Variable Comparisons

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	The open country	A town	TOTAL
Weak point	17.0% 8	18.1% 30	17.8% 38
Neither strong or weak point	23.4% 11	25.9% 43	25.4% 54
Strong point	59.6% 28	56.0% 93	56.8% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 166	213

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	99 & less	100-199	200-299	300 & up	TOTAL
Weak point	20.7% 6	25.0% 14	18.9% 7	12.1% 11	17.8% 38
Neither strong or weak point	31.0% 9	23.2% 13	29.7% 11	23.1% 21	25.4% 54
Strong point	48.3% 14	51.8% 29	51.4% 19	64.8% 59	56.8% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 56	100.0% 37	100.0% 91	213

Population size (I-POPULATN)

	Open country	Small village	Small town	Town	City	TOTAL
Weak point	7.7% 1	18.5% 10	15.9% 7	12.5% 3	28.1% 9	18.0% 30
Neither strong or weak point	23.1% 3	18.5% 10	25.0% 11	25.0% 6	40.6% 13	25.7% 43
Strong point	69.2% 9	63.0% 34	59.1% 26	62.5% 15	31.3% 10	56.3% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 54	100.0% 44	100.0% 24	100.0% 32	167

Evangelical/pentecostal? (I-EVAN/PEN)

	Not in an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	In an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	17.1% 32	23.1% 6	17.8% 38
Neither strong or weak point	25.1% 47	26.9% 7	25.4% 54
Strong point	57.8% 108	50.0% 13	56.8% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 187	100.0% 26	213

Denomination (I-MAINLINE)

	Not in a mainline denomination	In a mainline denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	16.1% 26	23.1% 12	17.8% 38
Neither strong or weak point	23.6% 38	30.8% 16	25.4% 54
Strong point	60.2% 97	46.2% 24	56.8% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 52	213