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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 -- Giving up close relationships with non-Christians

	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	64	7.2%	7.2%	-2.48
Emphasized equally by both	106	11.9%	19.1%	-1.42
Emphasized more by previous church	185	20.7%	39.8%	-.36
Not emphasized by either	537	60.2%	100%	.7

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.0% 29	6.5% 34	7.1% 63
Emphasized equally by both	13.5% 49	10.7% 56	11.8% 105
Emphasized more by previous church	19.5% 71	21.4% 112	20.6% 183
Not emphasized by either	59.1% 215	61.4% 321	60.4% 536
TOTAL	100.0% 364	100.0% 523	887

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Widowed	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	6.6% 41	8.6% 8	11.1% 1	11.8% 2	6.1% 9	6.9% 61
Emphasized equally by both	9.5% 59	10.8% 10	22.2% 2	23.5% 4	20.4% 30	11.9% 105
Emphasized more by previous church	20.8% 129	24.7% 23	22.2% 2	11.8% 2	19.0% 28	20.8% 184
Not emphasized by either	63.1% 391	55.9% 52	44.4% 4	52.9% 9	54.4% 80	60.5% 536
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 93	100.0% 9	100.0% 17	100.0% 147	886

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School diploma	Some college	College degree	Graduate school	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	10.5% 2	8.8% 9	5.9% 24	7.8% 15	6.8% 11	6.9% 61
Emphasized equally by both	21.1% 4	13.7% 14	10.7% 44	12.5% 24	11.8% 19	11.9% 105
Emphasized more by previous church	21.1% 4	22.5% 23	24.6% 101	17.7% 34	13.0% 21	20.7% 183
Not emphasized by either	47.4% 9	54.9% 56	58.8% 241	62.0% 119	68.3% 110	60.5% 535
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 102	100.0% 410	100.0% 192	100.0% 161	884

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	11.0% 12	6.3% 9	5.4% 11	5.5% 9	7.4% 17	6.8% 58
Emphasized equally by both	11.9% 13	12.5% 18	10.2% 21	15.8% 26	10.4% 24	12.0% 102
Emphasized more by previous church	19.3% 21	14.6% 21	22.0% 45	27.3% 45	19.1% 44	20.6% 176
Not emphasized by either	57.8% 63	66.7% 96	62.4% 128	51.5% 85	63.0% 145	60.6% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 109	100.0% 144	100.0% 205	100.0% 165	100.0% 230	853

Age (I-AGE)

	Age 17-35	Age 26-35	Age 36-45	Age 46-55	Age 56+	TOTAL
Emphasized more by Vineyard	8.4% 8	6.4% 27	6.2% 14	7.1% 7	14.0% 6	7.0% 62
Emphasized equally by both	14.7% 14	11.8% 50	8.9% 20	12.2% 12	18.6% 8	11.8% 104
Emphasized more by previous church	16.8% 16	24.2% 102	20.4% 46	15.3% 15	9.3% 4	20.7% 183
Not emphasized by either	60.0% 57	57.6% 243	64.4% 145	65.3% 64	58.1% 25	60.5% 534
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 422	100.0% 225	100.0% 98	100.0% 43	883