1. 2007 Interviews with Pastors
Conducted for the Bermuda Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church by the Center for Creative Ministry

2. Source of Data
The pastor or first elder of each of the local churches was interviewed by the director of the Center for Creative Ministry using a standard questionnaire developed in collaboration with the Faith Communities Today (FACT) project.

3. Adventist Churches in Bermuda
11 congregations
Total membership of 3,834
Typical Sabbath attendance of 1,915
Average Sabbath attendance in each congregation is 174
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Churches Planted ...
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5. Size of congregation based on average Sabbath attendance
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6. Total associated with your church, members & non-members
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7. Average Participation
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8. Change in the Number of Regularly Attending Adults over Last 5 Years
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Location of Churches
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10. Congregational Demographics
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11. Congregations by Ethnic Majority
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12. The sermon always or often focuses on ...
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13. Types of music used in worship
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Style of worship compared to the average Adventist church in North America
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15. Style of worship compared to same church five years ago
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16. How many Sabbath School classes?
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17. Regular Church Activities
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18. Regular Church Activities
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19. Evangelistic Outreach Activities
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Community Service
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Community Service
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22. Adequacy of Church Facilities
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23. Condition of Church Building
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24. Recruiting Volunteers
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Age of Pastors
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Pastoral Tenure
The average length of stay for a pastor in a particular church is a little over three years.
Two of the churches have had two pastors over the past ten years, for an average stay of about five years.
Two of the churches have had four or five pastors over the past ten years, for an average stay of two years or less.
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Local Church Paid Staff Other than the Pastor Provided by the Conference
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28. Financial Health of the Local Church
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29. Internal Conflict in Churches
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30. Center for Creative Ministry Project Team
Paul Richardson, executive director
Monte Sahlin, primary analyst
Carmen Rusu, project coordinator
Norma Sahlin, research assistant
Petr Cincala, data processing
© 2007, Center for Creative Ministry and Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Source: Interviews with Pastors