(These results were intended to accompany the page 1 article last issue, but were accidentally left out.)
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1,129
people completed the survey portion, but not everyone answered all questions.
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Number of people who said this was: “Very important to me” |
Number of people who said this was: “Less important, but I read it” |
Number of people who said this was: “Not important” |
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a. |
558 |
424 |
132 |
Stories of independent groups’ local evangelism, including Truckers Bible studies. |
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b. |
589 |
407 |
124 |
Reporting on Church of God group news (future events calendar and stories of previous events). |
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c. |
713 |
339 |
75 |
Publishing and answering of subscriber letters on a variety of subjects. |
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d. |
599 |
342 |
175 |
Analysis of current Church of God groups’ practice and policy (government, cooperation, etc.) |
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e. |
396 |
312 |
395 |
Analysis of Herbert Armstrong and past Worldwide Church of God teachings and practice. |
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f. |
599 |
364 |
133 |
Articles on how we can work together with other groups to preach the Gospel. |
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g. |
731 |
284 |
109 |
Doctrinal articles on typical CoG controversies (Passover, Pentecost, calendars, sacred names, etc.). |
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h. |
866 |
223 |
40 |
Biblical articles on other subjects (eternal judgement, Holy Days, music, difficult scriptures, etc.) |
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i. |
485 |
475 |
140 |
Christian “activist” articles: helping the needy, visiting prisoners, Christian martyrs, voting, juries, etc. |
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j. |
498 |
441 |
141 |
Provide indexes and copies of other’s Bible-related writings. (We already have about 100 documents which we have printed, put in our index and offer freely. There are hundreds more we could sift though and make available.) |
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k. |
449 |
378 |
256 |
Publication of Shelter in the Word—our magazine for those with no Church of God background. |
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l. |
651 |
371 |
363 |
A new basic literature series: booklets that are mostly scriptures about one subject with additional explanation as necessary. Examples: What Does the Bible Say About Law? … Salvation?, etc. |
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m. |
249 |
371 |
363 |
Assist others in starting independent groups (results may not be in SN, but this still takes my time). |
435 people estimated the number of non-CoG Sabbatarian groups near them. The average was 4.5 groups.
467 people indicated that they had visited groups near them. The average number of groups visited was 1.5.