Basic Characteristics

• • Year Congregation was Founded
• • Size of Congregation

• + Location
  • • African-American Population
  • • Immigration
  • • Poverty Level
  • • Region of the Country
  • • Type of Census Tract
• + Membership
  • • Percent under 35
  • • Percent 60 or Older
  • • Percent African-American
  • • Percent White
  • • Percent Female
  • • Percent Two-Parent Families with Children
  • • Percent Poor
  • • Percent with Four-Year Degree
  • • Percent within Short Drive

Clergy

• + Basic Characteristics
  • • Is there a religious leader?
  • • Is religious leader ordained?
• + Education
  • • Education of Religious Leader
• + Employment
  • • Is Religious Leader Full-Time?
  • • Is Religious Leader Paid?
• + Gender
  • • Can Women be Religious Leaders?
  • • Can Women Preach?
  • • Gender of Religious Leader

Conflict

• • Leader Left Congregation?
• • Member Left Congregation?
• • Special Meeting to Resolve Conflict?

Group Activities

• • Adult Religious Education?
• • Assess Community Needs?
• • Book Group?
• • Discuss Politics?
• • International Charity Work?
• • Language Classes?
• • Marriage Classes?
• • Parenting Group?
• • Teacher Education Classes?
• • Teenage Youth Group?
• • US Charity Work?
• • Voter Registration?

Outreach

• • Plant Congregations?
• • Social Service
• • Website?

Religious Identity

• • Formal Affiliation?
• • Politics
• • Religious Tradition
• • Theology
• • View of the Bible

Services Provided by Congregation

• • Accept Donations by Credit Card/Electronic Transfer?
• • Elementary or High School?
• • Help Sick and Needy Members?
• • HIV/Aids Programs?
• • Home-Schooling Programs?

Worship Services

• + Basic Characteristics
  • • Length of Sermon
  • • Length of Service
  • • Number of Worship Services Per Week
  • • Special Garments?
  • • Visual Projection Equipment?
• + Features of Service
  • • Greeting at Service?
  • • Offering?
  • • Prayer?
  • • Reading or Recitation?
  • • Sermon or Speech?
• + Worship
  • • Drums?
  • • Guitar?
  • • Raising Hands?