Was there a sermon or a speech of some sort at this service? (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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Sermon or Speech? (National Congregations Study 2006-2007)     [Results weighted by W1]

Related Topics • Greeting at Service? • Offering? • Prayer? • Reading or Recitation? • See all Topics Demographic Patterns • Year Founded • Adult Members • Political Ideology • Region of the Country • Religious Tradition • Theology • Year

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Sermon or Speech? (Demographic Patterns)

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Sermon or Speech? by Year Founded

	Before 1900	1900-1950	1951-1999	2000 or Later	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	91.4% 328	99.0% 384	94.6% 541	97.0% 96	81	95.1% 1349
No	8.6% 31	1.0% 4	5.4% 31	3.0% 3	7	4.9% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 388	100.0% 572	100.0% 99	88	1418

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Sermon or Speech? by Adult Members

	25 or Less	26-50	51-100	101-200	More than 200	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	84.6% 170	95.5% 358	95.5% 358	96.2% 279	99.2% 259	5	94.8% 1424
No	15.4% 31	4.5% 17	4.5% 17	3.8% 11	0.8% 2	0	5.2% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 375	100.0% 375	100.0% 290	100.0% 261	5	1502

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Sermon or Speech? by Political Ideology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	97.1% 797	93.9% 459	81.8% 90	82	94.8% 1346
No	2.9% 24	6.1% 30	18.2% 20	2	5.2% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 821	100.0% 489	100.0% 110	84	1420

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Sermon or Speech? 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
Yes	88.9% 176	99.2% 383	93.7% 671	96.6% 199	94.9% 1429
No	11.1% 22	0.8% 3	6.3% 45	3.4% 7	5.1% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 386	100.0% 716	100.0% 206	1506

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Sermon or Speech? by Religious Tradition

	Roman Catholic	White conservative, evangelical, or fundamentalist	Black Protestant	White liberal or moderate	Non-Christian	TOTAL
Yes	93.7% 74	95.7% 705	95.2% 338	96.8% 276	72.5% 37	94.9% 1430
No	6.3% 5	4.3% 32	4.8% 17	3.2% 9	27.5% 14	5.1% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 737	100.0% 355	100.0% 285	100.0% 51	1507

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Sermon or Speech? by Theology

	More on the conservative side	Right in the middle	More on the liberal side	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	94.5% 863	98.4% 418	86.0% 104	44	94.9% 1385
No	5.5% 50	1.6% 7	14.0% 17	3	5.1% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 913	100.0% 425	100.0% 121	47	1459

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Sermon or Speech? by Year

	1998	2006	TOTAL
Yes	94.9% 1166	94.9% 1429	94.9% 2595
No	5.1% 63	5.1% 77	5.1% 140
TOTAL	100.0% 1229	100.0% 1506	2735

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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.