Table 1.

Description of African American pastors and their congregations

	Position in church	Age	Education	Denomination	Years in the ministry	Congregation size Demographics	Attended health workshop Or Health training	Perspective of spirituality in health communication materials/dialog
Eric	Associate pastor	63	High School Diploma	Baptist	16	500/250 active = 500 Predominately Female; adults 45–75	Yes	Yes
Jimmie	Sr. Pastor	62	Bachelor’s Degree	Baptist	28	120/50 active >500 Predominately Female; children and teens	Yes—CPR training	Yes
Ian	Sr. Pastor/elder	62	Bachelor’s Degree	COGIC	44	800/400 active <500 Predominately Female; adults between 25 and 45	Did not provide	Yes
Greg	Sr. Pastor	43	Master’s Degree	Baptist	20	120/50 active >500 Predominately Female	Yes	Yes
Terry	Bishop	43	Master’s Degree	Non-denominational	10	200/150 active >500 Predominately Female, children and teens	Yes	No
Robert	Associate pastor	70	Master’s Degree	Baptist	10	1,000 <500 Predominately Female, children	Yes	Yes

Names have been altered to protect clergy identities