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Attendance
Statistics
Total
attending: 20,241*
(Total registered: 20,758)
* This number
includes the 1,423 commuting exhibitors that attended Urbana. All the
other numbers and percentages in this report excludes this group. (20,241
- 1,423 = 18,818)
| Racial
Heritage |
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Urbana
2000 Total attending: 18,818 |
Urbana
2000 total including biracial |
Urbana
96 Total attending: 18,182 |
| White
|
10,487
(55.73%) |
|
11,801
(64.90%) |
| Asian |
4,895
(26.01%) |
5067
(26.9%) |
4,329
(23.81%) |
| African
heritage |
605
(03.22%) |
691
(03.67%) |
418
(02.30%) |
| Hispanic |
485
(02.58%) |
655
(03.48%) |
350
(01.92%) |
| Native
American/ First Nations |
48
(00.26%) |
164
(00.87%) |
26 (00.14%) |
| Unspecified
or Other |
1767
(09.39%) |
|
737
(04.05%) |
| Total
biracial |
530
(02.80%) |
|
521
(02.92%) |
The Urbana
2000 convention continues a trend towards greater ethnic diversity among
delegates. 56% of Urbana 2000 attendees were white; more than one-fourth
were Asian in origin. We nearly doubled our participation in the Latino
community and joyfully report that we had the highest African-American
attendance of any Urbana in history. Our Native American community held
steady at a percentage equivalent to the national average.
| Top
20 Denominations (Total: 86) |
| Nondenominational |
3,872 |
(20.58%) |
| Baptist |
1,447 |
(07.69%) |
| Unknown
denom. |
1,084 |
(05.76%) |
| Evangelical
Free Church |
1,049 |
(05.57%) |
| Presbyterian |
894 |
(04.75%) |
| No church
specified |
851 |
(04.52%) |
| Presbyterian
USA |
877 |
(04.66%) |
| Other
denomination |
780 |
(04.14%) |
| Presbyterian
Church in Am. |
584 |
(03.10%) |
| Southern
Baptist |
508 |
(02.70%) |
| Christ. & Mission. Alliance |
498 |
(02.65%) |
| Baptist
General Conference |
371 |
(01.97%) |
| Assemblies
of God |
316 |
(01.68%) |
| United
Methodist |
293 |
(01.56%) |
| Evangelical
Covenant |
284 |
(01.51%) |
| Independent |
280 |
(01.49%) |
| American
Baptist |
257 |
(01.37%) |
| Interdenominational |
254 |
(01.35%) |
| Reformed
Church in Am. |
248 |
(01.32%) |
| Vineyard
Christian Fellow. |
198 |
(01.05%) |
| Gender |
| Female |
10,859 |
(57.71%) |
| Male |
7,941 |
(42.20%) |
| Top
5 Countries of Citizenship (Total countries: 111) |
| United
States |
14,528 |
(77.20%) |
| Canada |
1,360 |
(07.23%) |
| Unspecified |
1,303 |
(06.92%) |
| Korea |
374 |
(01.86%) |
| Japan |
167 |
(00.89%) |
| Student
Status |
| Twelfth
Grade |
644 |
(03.42%) |
| College
Freshman |
1,822 |
(09.68%) |
| College
Sophomore |
2,840 |
(15.09%) |
| College
Junior |
2,956 |
(15.71%) |
| College
Senior |
3,123 |
(16.60%) |
| Grad
Student, masters level |
1,049 |
(05.57%) |
| Grad
Student, doctoral level |
281 |
(01.49%) |
| Grad
Student, post-doc. |
9 |
(00.05%) |
| Recent
college graduate |
1,109 |
(05.89%) |
| Delegate
Type (many chose more than one) |
| College
Faculty |
203 |
(00.98%) |
| Denominational
leader/rep |
554 |
(02.67%) |
| Exhibitors |
432 |
(02.08%) |
| Exhibitors
(commuting)* |
1,423 |
|
| IVCF
Staff and spouses |
1,365 |
(06.57%) |
| Missionary |
1,638 |
(07.89%) |
| Pastor/church
leader |
876 |
(04.22%) |
| Recent
college graduate |
498 |
(02.40%) |
| Youth/college
worker |
2,549 |
(12.28%) |
| Fellowship |
| Unspecified |
8,322 |
(44.22%) |
| InterVarsity
USA |
5,326 |
(28.30%) |
| Other |
3,039 |
(16.15%) |
| Campus
Crusade for Christ |
668 |
(03.55%) |
| Inter-Varsity
Canada |
432 |
(02.30%) |
| Christian
college missions gr. |
245 |
(01.30%) |
| Navigators |
202 |
(01.07%) |
| Fellowship
of Christian Ath. |
158 |
(00.84%) |
| Young
Life |
148 |
(00.79%) |
| Youth
for Christ |
69 |
(00.37%) |
| IFES |
64 |
(00.34%) |
| Baptist
Student Unions |
62 |
(00.33%) |
| Nurses
Christian Fellowship |
21 |
(00.11%) |
| Asian
American Christian Fel. |
21 |
(00.11%) |
| Coalition
for Christ. Outreach |
18 |
(00.10%) |
| International
Students, Inc. |
13 |
(00.07%) |
| Asian
campus Christ. Fel. |
3 |
(00.02%) |
| Chi
Alpha |
2 |
(00.01%) |
| Student
Mission Fellowship |
2 |
(00.01%) |
| La Fe
(Hispanic) |
1 |
(00.01%) |
| Students
for Christ |
1 |
(00.01%) |
| Reformed
University Min. |
1 |
(00.01%) |
| Probability
of Mission Service (surveyed before Urbana 2000) |
| Definite |
2,826 |
(15.02%) |
(14.58%
U96) |
| Probable |
5,606 |
(29.79%) |
(33.18%
U96) |
| Unsure |
6,625 |
(35.21%) |
(38.38%
U96) |
| Unlikely |
1,227 |
(06.52%) |
(07.44%
U96) |
| None
at all |
126 |
(00.67%) |
|
| No answer |
2,408 |
(12.80%) |
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Urbana
2000 Decision Card
Total
number of decisions: 14,527
(15,803 returned at Urbana 96)
| 5,035
(34.66%)* |
Missionary:
I believe God is guiding me into cross-cultural missions as my vocation.
By God's grace and the help of other believers, I commit to taking
the next steps toward becoming a missionary. (New decision
for 2000) |
| 10,563
(72.71%)* |
World
Christian: I believe God is guiding me to purposefully join his
mission to the world. By God's grace and the help of other believers,
I commit myself to organizing my life, resources, and values to mature
as a World Christian. (New decision for 2000) |
| 187
(01.29%)* |
Christian:
I have received Jesus as my Lord and Savior during Urbana 2000. By
God's grace, I commit to growing in my relationship with God and
other
Christians. (154 or 00.97% in Urbana 96) |
*Delegates
could choose more than one.
Commitment
to Serve Cross-Culturally
| |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
later |
TOTAL |
Urbana
96 |
| A
few hours a week |
4,838 |
1,673 |
1,362 |
1,140 |
9,013
(62.04%) |
New
for Urbana 2000 |
| On
a 1-2 week plunge |
2,777 |
1,847 |
907 |
914 |
6,445
(44.37%) |
New
for Urbana 2000 |
| On
a 1-3 month project |
2,591 |
2,276 |
1,585 |
1,789 |
8,241
(56.73%) |
3,993
(25.27%) summer mission project |
| On
a 1-3 year mission |
524 |
745 |
976 |
5,004 |
7,249
(49.90%) |
1,861
(11.78%) 1-3 year commitment |
| For
longer than 3 years |
455 |
296 |
445 |
969 |
2,165
(14.90%) |
2,419
(15.31%) life work |
| TOTAL |
11,185 |
6,837 |
5,275 |
9,816 |
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Next
Steps
(These specific
decisions come directly as worded in our Decision Card. Delegates could
only choose one from each column.)
|
Learn
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Get
involved with others
|
Do
it
|
2,947
Learn about and get involved in a challenging issue such as racial
reconciliation, justice or poverty. |
2,991
Get involved in a community of growing believers and a small group
Bible study that incorporates global-minded discipleship. |
3,941
Make one lifestyle change that reflects God's purposes - in my financial
stewardship, how I spend my time, who I spend my time with, or where
I live. |
3,449
Develop specific ways to integrate my major or vocation into a Biblical,
global understanding of mission. |
1,780
Get to know a missionary or other person involved in cross-cultural
witness. |
5,946
Actively work to deepen my relationship with God, face sin and personal
issues and develop my character. |
1,729
Learn more about global missions through books, international newspapers,
websites, and/or "Next Step" resources on www.urbana.org. |
3,815
Get involved in a mentoring relationship,
by either ÞAsking someone
to mentor me, or ÞMentoring someone else. |
2,001
Pray regularly for two people who are not Christians, become intentional
in my witness to them, and invite them to an investigative Bible study. |
5,080
Study Scripture to better understand God's character and heart for
the world. |
1,594
Develop
a meaningful friendship with an International student. |
1,863
Pray regularly for global evangelization and my role in it and give
regularly to missions. |
1,741
Pursue training for cross-cultural ministry through a local church,
seminary, missionary training courses and/or classes at my university. |
3,396
Build a friendship with a person from a different ethnic background
and/or get involved with a group or church where I am a cultural minority. |
1,663
Actively pursue cross-cultural missions by investigating how to be
sent and/or signing up with a sending group. |
Offering
Through
a fast and an offering taken for the physically and spiritually poor,
delegates responded significantly and all of what was given went directly
to the Offering
Recipient Agencies.
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