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Vineyard Christian Fellowship Study, 1988

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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO HAVE ATTENDED ANOTHER CHURCH REGULARLY: In this question we would like you to compare The Vineyard to the last church you attended regularly (as specified in Q-8). For each of the following aspects of church life, please indicate whether it is emphasized more by the vineyard, emphasized an equal amount by both churches, emphasized more by your previous church, or not emphasized by either church -- Gifts of the Holy Spirit

	1) Emphasized more by Vineyard
	2) Emphasized equally by both
	3) Emphasized more by previous church
	4) Not emphasized by either

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Emphasized more by Vineyard	638	70.3%	70.3%	-.59
Emphasized equally by both	205	22.6%	92.8%	1
Emphasized more by previous church	61	6.7%	99.6%	2.59
Not emphasized by either	4	.4%	100%	4.18

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	70.8% 259	70.4% 378	70.5% 637
Emphasized equally by both	23.0% 84	22.0% 118	22.4% 202
Emphasized more by previous church	6.3% 23	6.9% 37	6.6% 60
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.7% 4	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 537	903

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	69.1% 437	73.7% 70	77.8% 7	81.3% 13	72.0% 108	70.4% 635
Emphasized equally by both	23.3% 147	20.0% 19	11.1% 1	12.5% 2	22.7% 34	22.5% 203
Emphasized more by previous church	7.1% 45	6.3% 6	11.1% 1	6.3% 1	4.7% 7	6.7% 60
Not emphasized by either	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 632	100.0% 95	100.0% 9	100.0% 16	100.0% 150	902

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	61.9% 13	62.9% 66	68.5% 285	74.0% 145	77.2% 125	70.4% 634
Emphasized equally by both	38.1% 8	22.9% 24	23.6% 98	21.4% 42	18.5% 30	22.4% 202
Emphasized more by previous church	0.0% 0	12.4% 13	7.5% 31	4.6% 9	4.3% 7	6.7% 60
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 105	100.0% 416	100.0% 196	100.0% 162	900

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $15,000	$15,001-$25,000	$25,001-$35,000	$35,001-$45,000	$45,000+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	76.1% 83	71.0% 103	71.8% 150	64.5% 107	72.8% 171	71.1% 614
Emphasized equally by both	18.3% 20	21.4% 31	22.0% 46	25.9% 43	21.3% 50	22.0% 190
Emphasized more by previous church	5.5% 6	6.9% 10	6.2% 13	9.6% 16	5.1% 12	6.6% 57
Not emphasized by either	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 145	100.0% 209	100.0% 166	100.0% 235	864

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	72.7% 72	72.8% 310	69.3% 158	68.4% 67	54.3% 25	70.5% 632
Emphasized equally by both	21.2% 21	21.6% 92	21.5% 49	21.4% 21	39.1% 18	22.4% 201
Emphasized more by previous church	4.0% 4	5.4% 23	9.2% 21	9.2% 9	6.5% 3	6.7% 60
Not emphasized by either	2.0% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 426	100.0% 228	100.0% 98	100.0% 46	897