FAITH GROUP
NUMBER
Roman Catholic
121
Southern Baptist
91
Methodist
47
Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
22
Other Lutheran
9
Assembly of God
23
Presbyterian
18
Church of Christ
16
Disciples of Christ
10
Episcopal
18
Jewish
11
Other Baptist
3
Christian Methodist Episcopal
3
Nazarene
3
Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
15
Muslim
7
Seventh-Day Adventist
7
Orthodox
14
United Pentecostal
5
AME
2
World Community of Islam
7
Nichiren Shoshu
3
Reformed Church
9
No Preference or Unknown
103
Figure 1-3.
Religious Preferences.
You may also consider using surveys or questionnaires as a means of
gathering information for the diagnosis/assessment phase. This method will
allow you to collect data on specific issues such as the following:
-
Religious issues unique to unit location.
-
Potential problem among religious groups in the unit.
-
Potential racial, ethnic
or
cultural
problems
that
are
not
religious in nature.
-
Worship requirements including facilities and equipment.
If, for example, you are concerned about places to worship for members of
various distinct faith groups, you may survey local churches as shown in
Figure 1-4.
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