Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2000, Combined File - Analysis
WITNESS (Weighted by WEIGHT)
In addition to the outreach activities of your denomination, did your congregation do any of the following during the past 12 months to reach out to new or inactive participants, or to make your congregation better known in your community? If no, is the item: A) Something that probably would not be resisted by most members if you tried it; or B) Something that probably would be resisted by most members. Stressing in your congregation's preaching and teaching the importance of [witnessing] to others about one's faith
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
0) Does not apply | 5 | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
1) Yes, done in the last 12 months | 8194 | 83.5% | 83.5% | |
2) No, but members would support this activity | 1346 | 13.7% | 97.2% | |
3) No, and members would not support this activity | 271 | 2.8% | 100.0% | |
Missing | 3603 | |||
Total Unweighted N = 10698 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Liberal Protestant | Moderate Protestant | Evangelical Protestant | Historically Black | Catholic and Orthodox | Other | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Does not apply | 0.0%0 | 0.1%3 | 0.0%2 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 0.1%5 |
Yes, done in the last 12 months | 55.0%753 | 80.3%2550 | 93.2%4205 | 0.0%0 | 48.7%37 | 94.9%648 | 0 | 83.5%8193 |
No, but members would support this activity | 35.0%480 | 16.5%524 | 6.4%288 | 0.0%0 | 42.1%32 | 3.2%22 | 0 | 13.7%1346 |
No, and members would not support this activity | 10.0%137 | 3.1%97 | 0.4%17 | 0.0%0 | 9.2%7 | 1.9%13 | 0 | 2.8%271 |
Missing | 97 | 58 | 187 | 1863 | 737 | 661 | 3603 | 0 |
Total | 100%1370 | 100%3174 | 100%4512 | 100%0 | 100%76 | 100%683 | 9815 |
Region (I-REGION)
North east | South | North central | West | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Does not apply | 0.1%1 | 0.0%1 | 0.1%2 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 0.0%4 |
Yes, done in the last 12 months | 71.8%853 | 85.6%3169 | 82.4%2355 | 88.2%1731 | 91 | 83.5%8108 |
No, but members would support this activity | 23.0%273 | 12.0%444 | 14.8%423 | 9.7%191 | 20 | 13.7%1331 |
No, and members would not support this activity | 5.1%61 | 2.3%86 | 2.7%78 | 2.1%41 | 13 | 2.7%266 |
Missing | 704 | 1314 | 969 | 509 | 3728 | 107 |
Total | 100%1188 | 100%3700 | 100%2858 | 100%1963 | 9709 |