1. 41.5% less than 5 yrs. Active lay church leaders before entering the ministry
  2. 30.0% have never had a course designed for pastors
  3. 27.8% have High School Formal Education or less
  4. 26.4% attended College, but, did not finish
  5. 34.0% have a least 17 yrs. of formal education
  6. 37.0% secular work is professional or manager
  7. 43.0% secular work is a farmer, craftsman, clinical, or sales
  8. 11.0% secular work is an operator or laborer
  9. 33.0% wives work full time
  10. 13.25% wives work part time
  11. Median size of church with a membership of 300 or less is 148
  12. Have a sense of isolation from the Denomination
  13. Have a sense of lack of serious concern by the Denomination
  14. Have a sense of lack of acceptance by fully supported pastors
  15. Have a less than healthy image of themselves
  16. Have guilt feelings about amount of time spent with family
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How a Bivo Sees Himself
STATISTICS

HOW THE BIVOCATIONAL MINISTER SEES HIS SKILLS


Moderate or Very Well

 Need More Training

Sermon Preparation

81.6%

15.6%

Preaching

91.0%

6.9%

Witnessing

84.4%

13.5%

Getting Along with people

94.8%

2.4%

Church Administration

61.8%

32.6%

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BAPTISM RATES PER 100 RESIDENT MEMBERS

BAPTISMS
BIVO ALL
4.3% 3.9%

Sunday School Attendance PER 100 RESIDENT MEMBERS

S/S Enrollment S/S Aver. Attendance
BIVO ALL BIVO ALL
77.8 76.9 45.6 37.5

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