Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2000, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

DOI

10.17605/OSF.IO/GZUKF

Summary

The Faith Communities Today (FACT) surveys were coordinated by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at the Hartford Seminary. Forty-one faith groups and denominations participated in the project. Each group designed a questionnaire in order to collect data that could be used to compare local churches, synagogues and mosques within the different participating groups. This dataset represents the results from the survey of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregations.

The ARDA has added three additional variables to the original data set to enhance the users' experience on our site.

Data File

Cases: 832
Variables: 311
Weight Variable: None

Data Collection

Winter 2000

Original Survey (Instrument)

Congregations 2000: A Survey of Congregations in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Funded By

The Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Collection Procedures

Sampled congregations were sent paper copies of the survey instrument and invited to participate.

Sampling Procedures

One thousand of 10,816 total ELCA congregations were selected using a systematic sample stratified by ELCA region and baptized membership and invited to participate.

Of the 1,000 surveys sent, 832 were returned, for an overall response rate of 83.2 percent.

Principal Investigators

Department for Research and Evaluation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Cooperative Congregational Studies Project