# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S97
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONVENTION SURVEYS

Delegate Survey

1. Did you have a good trip to St. Louis?
Yes (956—88.11%)
No (129—11.89%)

2. Please indicate your gender:
1. Male (1089 —94.20%)
2. Female (67—5.80%)

3. How did you become Lutheran?
1. Reared Lutheran (932—80.48%)
2. Through a Lutheran school (17—1.47%)
3. Through marriage (66—5.70%)
4. Converted as an adult (143—12.35%)

4. Is anyone in your immediate family (parent, spouse,
child, sibling) a member of another Lutheran church
body?

1. Yes (332—29.12%)
2. No (808—70.88%)

.5. Please indicate your age:
1. Under 30 (17—1.46%)
2. 30-49 (540—46.47%)
3. 50-64 (488-—37.69%)
4. 65+ (167—14.37%)

6. What is your race?
1. American Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo (7—0.60%)
2. Asian, Pacific Islander (7—0.60%)
3. Black (830—2.59%)
4, White (1090—94.13%)
5. Other (24—2.07%)
7. Are you of Hispanic origin?
1. Yes (18—1.56%)
2. No (1138—-98.44%)
8. My congregation is located in a:
‘1. Urban community (298—26.23%)
2. Suburban community (381—33.54%)
3. Rural community (457—40.23%):

9. How did you arrive in St. Louis?
1. By plane (531—45.78%)
2. By train (6—0.52%)
3. By auto (454—39.14%)
4. By bus/van (29—2.50%)
_ 5. By luck (140—12.07%)

10. My hotel room was:
1. Fit for royalty (45—3.87%)
2. Fit for near-royalty (828—28.20%)
3. Fit for a commoner (645—55.46%)
4. Not fit for habitation (33—2.84%)
5. What hotel room? (112—9.63%)

11. Are you currently employed outside the home?
1. Yes, full time (over 35 hrs/wk, or 45 weeks/yr)
(893—77.25%)
2. Yes, part-time (71—6.14%)
3. No, not employed but able to work (15—-1.30%)

4. No, unable to work (6—0.52%)

5. No, retired (149—12.89%)

6. No, going to school (5—0.43%)

7. No, full-time homemaker (17—1.47%)

12. Which of the following best describes your ¢ current
occupation:
1. Managerial (114—10.33%)
2. Professional (644—58.33%)
3. Technical (35—3.17%)
4, Sales (60—5.43%)
5. Administrative Support (43-3. 89%)
6. Service (85—7.70%)
7. Farming, Forestry, Fishing (68—6.16%)
8. Craft and Repair (28—2.54%)
9. Operator, Fabricator, Laborer (27-——2.45%)

Charles Smith Survey

1. My congregation plans to build or expand its facilities
in the next three years:
1. Yes (43%)
2. No (57%)

2. My congregation has an endowment fund:
1. Yes (32.39%)
2. No (67.61%)

3. My congregation has a strategy to meet future ministry
goals:
1. Yes (43.48%)
2. No (56.52%)

4. The members of our congregation generally need to grow
in the joy of giving:
1. Yes (89.61%)
2. No (10.39%)

5. Our congregation needs to reduce a burdensome debt:
1. Yes (36.86%)
2. No (63.14%)

6. In addition to my congregation I contribute directly to: |

1. 0-3 Ministries
2. 4-6 Ministries
3. 7-9 Ministries
4. 10 or more Ministries

7. [have a will:
1: Yes
2. No

(38.76%)
(38.99%)
(10.21%)
(12.04%)

(74.91%)
(25.09%)

"8. At my death my Christian giving:

97

1. Ends ' (46.02%)
2. Increases (31.81%)

3. Decreases (22.17%)
9. How well do you understand Pooled Income Funds?

1. Very well (08.61%)
2. Somewhat (27.29%)
3. Not at all (64.10%)