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Rural Ministry Project, Lay Leaders, 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. -- Working in smaller communities

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Weak point	15	7.7%	7.7%	-2.6
Neither strong or weak point	44	22.4%	30.1%	-1
Strong point	137	69.9%	100%	.6

Variable Comparisons

Place of residence (I-LOCATION)

	The open country	A town	TOTAL
Weak point	5.0% 2	8.4% 13	7.7% 15
Neither strong or weak point	22.5% 9	22.7% 35	22.7% 44
Strong point	72.5% 29	68.8% 106	69.6% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 154	194

Church membership (I-#MEMBERS)

	99 & less	100-199	200-299	300 & up	TOTAL
Weak point	5.6% 2	8.3% 4	3.2% 1	10.7% 8	7.9% 15
Neither strong or weak point	13.9% 5	22.9% 11	19.4% 6	29.3% 22	23.2% 44
Strong point	80.6% 29	68.8% 33	77.4% 24	60.0% 45	68.9% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	100.0% 31	100.0% 75	190

Population size (I-POPULATN)

	Open country	Small village	Small town	Town	City	TOTAL
Weak point	7.3% 4	2.1% 1	3.1% 1	25.0% 6	6.3% 2	7.4% 14
Neither strong or weak point	18.2% 10	14.9% 7	25.0% 8	12.5% 3	50.0% 16	23.2% 44
Strong point	74.5% 41	83.0% 39	71.9% 23	62.5% 15	43.8% 14	69.5% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 55	100.0% 47	100.0% 32	100.0% 24	100.0% 32	190

Evangelical/pentecostal? (I-EVAN/PEN)

	Not in an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	In an evangelical/pentecostal denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	8.7% 15	0.0% 0	7.7% 15
Neither strong or weak point	22.1% 38	25.0% 6	22.4% 44
Strong point	69.2% 119	75.0% 18	69.9% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 172	100.0% 24	196

Denomination (I-MAINLINE)

	Not in a mainline denomination	In a mainline denomination	TOTAL
Weak point	4.7% 7	17.0% 8	7.7% 15
Neither strong or weak point	22.8% 34	21.3% 10	22.4% 44
Strong point	72.5% 108	61.7% 29	69.9% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 47	196