Within the past two years, has your congregation intentionally planted or helped start any new congregations? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)
Each question was asked of a key informant from the congregation, such as a minister, priest, rabbi, or other staff person or leader.
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Demographic Patterns
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Plant Congregations? (Demographic Patterns)
Plant Congregations? by Year Founded
| Before 1900 | 1900-1950 | 1951-1999 | 2000 or Later | Missing | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 8.7% 31 | 16.3% 63 | 21.1% 120 | 21.2% 21 | 3 | 16.6% 235 |
| No | 91.3% 327 | 83.7% 324 | 78.9% 448 | 78.8% 78 | 86 | 83.4% 1177 |
| MISSING | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 358 | 100.0% 387 | 100.0% 568 | 100.0% 99 | 89 | 1412 |
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Plant Congregations? by Adult Members
| 25 or Less | 26-50 | 51-100 | 101-200 | More than 200 | Missing | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 10.9% 22 | 8.0% 30 | 17.6% 66 | 21.1% 61 | 21.9% 57 | 1 | 15.8% 236 |
| No | 89.1% 179 | 92.0% 344 | 82.4% 308 | 78.9% 228 | 78.1% 203 | 1 | 84.2% 1262 |
| MISSING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 201 | 100.0% 374 | 100.0% 374 | 100.0% 289 | 100.0% 260 | 2 | 1498 |
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Plant Congregations? by Political Ideology
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 18.5% 152 | 12.2% 60 | 13.5% 15 | 11 | 16.0% 227 |
| No | 81.5% 670 | 87.8% 430 | 86.5% 96 | 69 | 84.0% 1196 |
| MISSING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 822 | 100.0% 490 | 100.0% 111 | 80 | 1423 |
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Plant Congregations? by Region of the Country
| New England or Mid-Atlantic | East North Central or West North Central | South Atlantic, East South Central, or West South Central | Mountain or Pacific | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 9.1% 18 | 17.8% 69 | 17.1% 122 | 14.6% 30 | 15.9% 239 |
| No | 90.9% 180 | 82.2% 318 | 82.9% 591 | 85.4% 175 | 84.1% 1264 |
| MISSING | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 198 | 100.0% 387 | 100.0% 713 | 100.0% 205 | 1503 |
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Plant Congregations? by Religious Tradition
| Roman Catholic | White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist | Black Protestant | White liberal or moderate | Non-Christian | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 1.3% 1 | 18.7% 137 | 18.9% 67 | 9.5% 27 | 11.8% 6 | 15.8% 238 |
| No | 98.7% 78 | 81.3% 596 | 81.1% 287 | 90.5% 258 | 88.2% 45 | 84.2% 1264 |
| MISSING | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 79 | 100.0% 733 | 100.0% 354 | 100.0% 285 | 100.0% 51 | 1502 |
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Plant Congregations? by Theology
| More on the conservative side | Right in the middle | More on the liberal side | Missing | TOTAL | |
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| Yes | 18.0% 164 | 12.7% 54 | 12.5% 15 | 4 | 16.0% 233 |
| No | 82.0% 749 | 87.3% 371 | 87.5% 105 | 38 | 84.0% 1225 |
| MISSING | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 100.0% 913 | 100.0% 425 | 100.0% 120 | 42 | 1458 |
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Notes
The National Congregations Study (NCS) dataset "fills a void in the sociological study of congregations by providing, for the first time, data that can be used to draw a nationally aggregate picture of congregations" (Chaves et al. 1999, p.460). Thanks to innovations in sampling techniques, the NCS data is the first nationally representative sample of American congregations. In 2006-07, a panel component was added to the NCS. In addition to the new cross-section of congregations generated in conjunction with the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS), a stratified random sample was drawn from congregations who participated in the 1998 NCS. The 2006-07 NCS sample, then, includes a subset of cases that were also interviewed in 1998. A full codebook, prepared by the primary investigator, is available for download here. The codebook contains the original questionnaire, as well as detailed information on survey methodology, weights, coding, and more.
