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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. -- Commitment of lay leadership

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Weak point	27	12.5%	12.5%	-2.1
Neither strong or weak point	57	26.4%	38.9%	-.69
Strong point	132	61.1%	100%	.72

Variable Comparisons

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	The open country	A town	TOTAL
Weak point	23.9% 11	9.4% 16	12.5% 27
Neither strong or weak point	23.9% 11	27.1% 46	26.4% 57
Strong point	52.2% 24	63.5% 108	61.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 170	216

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	99 & less	100-199	200-299	300 & up	TOTAL
Weak point	13.3% 4	20.0% 11	8.1% 3	9.6% 9	12.5% 27
Neither strong or weak point	23.3% 7	34.5% 19	32.4% 12	20.2% 19	26.4% 57
Strong point	63.3% 19	45.5% 25	59.5% 22	70.2% 66	61.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 55	100.0% 37	100.0% 94	216

Population size (I-POPULATN)

	Open country	Small village	Small town	Town	City	TOTAL
Weak point	23.1% 3	16.7% 9	6.5% 3	4.3% 1	2.9% 1	9.9% 17
Neither strong or weak point	53.8% 7	24.1% 13	23.9% 11	13.0% 3	34.3% 12	26.9% 46
Strong point	23.1% 3	59.3% 32	69.6% 32	82.6% 19	62.9% 22	63.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 13	100.0% 54	100.0% 46	100.0% 23	100.0% 35	171

Evangelical/pentecostal? (I-EVAN/PEN)

	Not in an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	In an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	14.3% 27	0.0% 0	12.5% 27
Neither strong or weak point	25.4% 48	33.3% 9	26.4% 57
Strong point	60.3% 114	66.7% 18	61.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 27	216

Denomination (I-MAINLINE)

	Not in a mainline denomination	In a mainline denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	12.8% 21	11.5% 6	12.5% 27
Neither strong or weak point	25.6% 42	28.8% 15	26.4% 57
Strong point	61.6% 101	59.6% 31	61.1% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 164	100.0% 52	216