Demographic and religious background of local Anglican and Methodist lay leaders, and their attitudes to current church and social issues (2374)

Type of Data: Demographic and religious background of local Anglican and Methodist lay leaders, and their attitudes to current church and social issues (2374)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England, Methodist Church)

Date: 1962, 1964

Geography: Local Survey. Bromley (Kent), Ellesmere Port (Cheshire), Rugby (Warwickshire) and Trowbridge (Wiltshire)

Sample Size: 248 Anglican lay leaders (79% response) and 244 Methodist lay leaders (69% response)

Population: Members of Anglican parochial church councils and Methodist church leaders' meetings

Keywords: Alcohol, baptism, Bible, bingo, capital punishment, choirs, Common Market, creed, dancing, denominational loyalty, divorce, ecumenism, established church, football pools, H-bomb, Holy Communion, hymns, immigration, industry, lay leaders, lay ministry, nuclear weapons, ordained ministers, ordination of women, Parliament, planned economy, politics, prayer, psalms, religious education, remarriage in church, sermons, sport, Sunday, total abstinence, women, worship, youth clubs

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: David B. Clark

Sponsor: Methodist Church Membership Committee

Survey Instrument: Clark, Survey of Anglicans and Methodists in Four Towns, pp. 106-13

Published Source:

David B. Clark, 'Anglican and Methodist: Results of a Survey', New Directions, September 1964, pp. 24-31

David B. Clark, Survey of Anglicans and Methodists in Four Towns, London: Epworth Press, 1965

BRIN ID: 2374

Remarks:

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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