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Reimer, S. (2020, September 28). Demographics in U.S. Congregations Survey, Parishioners.
Summary
This survey contains a variety of measures on the following: congregational participation; why one chose to attend his or her congregation; congregational switching; conversion experiences; social networks and context; views concerning social problems; social embeddedness in one's congregation; private devotional activity; higher education; religious beliefs; social attitudes; demographic information. Participants are parishioners in Assemblies of God, Episcopal, and United Methodist congregations in three locations: Hartford, CT; Grand Rapids, MI; Waco, TX.
Questionnaires were distributed to regular attendees in selected congregations. In smaller congregations, the study was explained in the morning worship service and one survey was given to each family unit as they left the service along with a self-addressed stamped envelope. In larger churches, 50 surveys were randomly distributed to active affiliates with help from church staff (usually mailed or placed in church mail boxes).
Sampling Procedures
Thirty-six congregations in Grand Rapids, MI, Hartford, CT, and Waco, TX, were selected based on the demographics reported by the pastor/priest. The goal was to select churches that mirrored the diversity (age, race, class, and theological diversity) within the denomination in that city.
