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back to Liberal Catholic Church International, world
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Catholic Church International | world | - | - | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* official website: page: "Who Are We?: A Brief History of the Liberal Catholic Church International "; Dean Bekken, Presiding Bishop | The result of the dispute was a division of the Liberal Catholic movement into two branches - one more... in its beliefs and one more... The two branches of the Liberal Catholic movement are similar in many ways, though quite different in others. The two branches are known as the Liberal Catholic Church International (LCCI), sometimes called the International Liberal Catholic Church, and the Liberal Catholic Church (LCC). In America, the LCCI is the legal "Liberal Catholic Church " as a result of litigation in the 1950's. The LCC in America is usually called "The Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States. " Both members of the Liberal Catholic movement use the same basic liturgy, although the LCCI tends to use the Tridentine version (the Full Form) while the LCC tends to use a more esoteric version (the Shorter Form). |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | California | - | - | 6 units |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Berkeley, Concord, Eureka, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Ojai |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Colorado | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Greeley |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Florida | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Hialeah; Melbourne |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Illinois | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Chicaco; Marion |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Iowa | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Fairfield |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Louisiana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: New Orleans |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Minnesota | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Minneapolis |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Missouri | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Marthasville |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | New Mexico | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Albuquerque (Rio Rancho) |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | New York | - | - | 2 units |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: New York City; Rock Tavern |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Oregon | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Oregon |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Pennsylvania | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Pittsburgh |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Puerto Rico | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Caguas |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | USA | 2,800 | - | 34 units |
- | 1987 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Liberal Catholic Church--Province of the United States of America. " |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | USA | 2,800 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | USA | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Christian Organizations "; "Membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations " |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | USA | - | - | 22 units |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Milwaukee |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | Wisconsin | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Milwaukee |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | world | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 137. | "Liberal Catholic Church... originated in 1916 in Great Britain... International headquarters are in London; the U.S. headquarters, in Ojai, California... Membership stands at just over 3,000. " |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | world | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Zuck, Jon. "Unofficial Home Page of The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church " (last updated 21 Mar. 1999). | "Notable Independent Churches having separated from this Church since 1550: Liberal Catholics... Society of St. Pius X " |
| Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the U.S.A. | world | - | - | 22 units |
1 country |
2001 | *LINK* website: The Liberal Catholic Church Home Page; page: "Churches and Locations " | Directory of churches: Milwaukee |
| Liberation Theology | world | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 426. | "Liberation Theology (Christian). International movement most closely associated with Latin America. Proponents interpret Christian faith, especially its political relevance, in light of a Marxist reding of the present social situation. They emphasize God as Liberator of the oppressed in events such as the Exodus. " |
| Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention | Liberia | 60,000 | - | 229 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals "; [Listed in table as "Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention Inc. "] |
| Liberty Baptist Fellowship | USA | - | - | 100 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Liberty Baptist Fellowship. " |
| Liberty Church | Florida | 3,500 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Pensacola, FL; pastor Ken Sumrall. |
| Liberty Fellowship of Churches and Ministers | USA | - | - | - | 1 country |
1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Other Pentecostals; pg. 299. | "Liberty Fellowship of Churches and Ministers... Birmingham, AL [H.Q.]... was organized in 1975 in Pensacola, Florida by Ken Sumrall and twenty other ministers. Sumrall, a former pastor in the Southern Baptist Convention... Membership: Congregations within the fellowship are scattered throughout the South. " |
| Liberty Temple Full Gospel | Illinois: Chicago | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Chicago, Illinois; pastor Clifford Turner. |
| Life and Advent Union | world | 535 | - | 7 units |
- | 1926 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 6. | "Still another group, the 'Life an Advent Union,' was founded by Adventists in New York in 1863, under the leadership of John T. Walsh, who held there would be no resurrection of the wicked. Only 7 churches and 535 members were listed for this group in 1926. " |
| Life and Advent Union | world | 300 | - | 3 units |
- | 1964 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 21. | "In 1964, Advent Christian Church merged with Life and Advent Union, an Adventist group with three churches and 300 members, organized by John T. Walsh in 1848. " |
| LifeWay | USA | 2,000 | - | 82 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "Christian Book Stores Reborn as LifeWay " in Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sept. 1999 (viewed online 25 Sept. 1999). | "LifeWay Christian Stores, a division of the Southern Baptist Convention's LifeWay Christian Resources, acquired Intermountain in September 1998 from owner John Constance. Intermountain had been founded in 1952 by Constance's parents, the Rev. Thomas and Nellie Constance. Nationwide, LifeWay employs 2,000 people in 82 stores spread throughout 21 states. " |
| Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship | world | 1,000 | - | 100 units |
- | 1975 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: Other Pentecostals; pg. 298. | "Lighthouse Gospel Fellowship is a Pentecostal church foundd in 1958 by... H. A. Chaney and Themla Chaney of Tulsa, Oklahoma... Membership: Not reported. In the 1970s there were approximately 100 congregations and 1,000 members. " |
| Lilima | Zimbabwe | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Limba | Africa - West | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Lingayats | Canada | 400 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Veerashaiva Samaja of North America "; web page: "VSNA Philosophy & FAQs " (viewed 9 July 1999). | "How many Lingayatas are in the USA, Canada, and India? At present, nearly 1000 Lingayata families live in north America, of them nearly 100 families live in Canada. " |
| Lingayats | India | - | - | - | - | 1150 C.E. | Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid, et al. The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy & Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala: Boston (English: pub. 1994; orig. German: 1986); pg. 202-203. | "The Lingayat sect flourished in South India in the twelfth century but thereafter declined in importance...' |
| Lingayats | India | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Wilson, Bryan. "Traditional Religion Divides Society " in Enduring Issues in Sociology (Lynn Barteck & Karen Mullin, editors). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press (1995). [Originally source: Religious Sects: A Sociological Study. New York: McGraw-Hill (1970)]; pg. 215-216. | "In Hinduism, which is diffuse, uncentralised and pluralist, sectarianism exists only in a much more limited sense than in Christendom... Yet the term sect is widely if loosely used for such groups as the Lingayat movement among the Brahmins, even though these were merely movements cultivating particular styles of devotion. " |
| Lingayats | India | - | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "LINGYATS: a HINDU SECT within aivism originating with the teachings of Basava (12th century) which concentrated on the LINGAM as the one true symbol of divinity. " |
| Lingayats | India | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 445. | "Lingayats are distributed throughout Karnataka, with their greatest concentrations in the northern regions. Census returns in 1981 indicated that 10.31% of the state's population were Lingayats... Lingayat communities are also found in the adjacent areas of the neighboring states of Maharashtra, Goa, Andra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. " |
| Lingayats | India | - | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Basaweswara and Veerashaivam " homepage (viewed 9 July 1999). | "The Veerashaivas, often called Lingayats, are distinguished by the Sivalinga and rudraksa on their person and they smear their bodies with ashes. They are strict vegetarians and abstain from drink. The Veerashaiva doctrine has four schools, but the differences are of a minor kind. All believe in the efficacy of a Guru or preceptor. All assert the reality of the Universe and unity with Siva, the only ultimate reality. The Veerashaiva doctrine is prevalent in Mysore [Karnataka], in the southern regions of Maharashtra and in some parts of Andhra Pradesh. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1910 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 445. | "Estimates made early in the 20th century place the percentage of Lingayats [in Karnataka] between 14% and 20% of the population. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | - | 10.30% | - | - | 1981 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 445. | "Lingayats are distributed throughout Karnataka... Census returns in 1981 indicated that 10.31% of the state's population were Lingayats. Assuming this proportion has not changed much over the last decade and a half, the current number of Lingayats in Karnataka would exceed 5.2 million. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | 10,000,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* "Saivism: Six Schools " in Hinduism Today International (March 1994) | "...its religious homeland of Karnataka, South-Central India. Roughly forty million people live here, of which perhaps 25% are members of the Vira Saiva religion [i.e. Lingayats]. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | 5,200,000 | 10.30% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 445-446. | "Lingayats: Alternate Names: Virashaivas; Location: India (Karnataka state); Population: 5.2 million (estimate); Language: Kannada; Religion: Lingayat "; "Lingayats are distributed throughout Karnataka, with their greatest concentrations in the northern regions. Census returns in 1981 indicated that 10.31% of the state's population were Lingayats. Assuming this proportion has not changed much over the last decade and a half, the current number of Lingayats in Karnataka would exceed 5.2 million... In the Lingayat heartland, as many as 67% of the people follow the religion. "; Pg. 446: "Lingayats do not label themselves as Hindu. Their beliefs have been drawn from Tamil Shaivism and other Indian sources, but they have evolved a uniquely Lingayat character. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | 10,000,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Basaweswara and Veerashaivam "; web page: "Veera Shaivism " (viewed 9 July 1999). | "Today Veera Shaivism is a vibrant faith, particularly strong in its religious homeland of Karnataka, South-Central India. Roughly forty million people live here, of which perhaps 25% are members of the Veera Shaiva religion. There is hardly a village in the state without a jangama and a matha (monastery). On the occasion of birth in a Lingayat family, the child is entered into the faith that same day by a visiting jangama, who bestows a small Sivalinga encased in a pendant tied to a thread. This same Linga is to be worn throughout life. " |
| Lingayats | India: Karnataka | 20,000,000 | 20.00% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Veerashaiva Samaja of North America "; web page: "VSNA Philosophy & FAQs " (viewed 9 July 1999). | "How many Lingayatas are in the USA, Canada, and India?... There are more than 20 million Lingayatas constituting about 20% of the population of Karnataka. They are concentrated in Bijapur, Dharwar, Belgaum, Chitradurga, Shimoga, and Gulburga districts. " |
| Lingayats | North America | 4,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Veerashaiva Samaja of North America "; web page: "VSNA Philosophy & FAQs " (viewed 9 July 1999). | "How many Lingayatas are in the USA, Canada, and India? At present, nearly 1000 Lingayata families live in north America, of them nearly 100 families live in Canada. " |
| Lingayats | USA | 3,600 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Veerashaiva Samaja of North America "; web page: "VSNA Philosophy & FAQs " (viewed 9 July 1999). | "How many Lingayatas are in the USA, Canada, and India? At present, nearly 1000 Lingayata families live in north America, of them nearly 100 families live in Canada. In the USA they are concentrated in California, New York, Michigan, Illinois, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. " |
| Lingayats | world | 3,000,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 445. | "Lingayats: An Indian sub-sect of Shivism numbering about three million. Every member of the community wears a small silver box containing a stone phallic emblem, the symbol of this faith. The sect is chiefly non-Aryan. " |
| Lingayats | world | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 430. | "Lingayat... also Virasaiva... A Hindu Saiva caste-sect of South India. Its four million members wear the linga from the day of birth... " |
| Lipan Apache | North America - Southern Great Plains | 500 | - | - | - | 1690 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 333. | Table: "Southern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Lipan Apache | world | 500 | - | - | - | 1690 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 333. | Table: "Southern Great Plains: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Little Flock | China | - | - | - | - | 1945 | Lambert, Tony. The Resurrection of the Chinese Church; Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers (1994); pg. 14. | "In the 1920s and 1930s many Chinese Christians broke away rom the traditional denominations and formed their own groupings. The most successful of these were... the Little Flock founded by Ni Tuosheng (Watchman Nee), which spread across China in the thirties and forties... " |
| Little Flock | China | - | - | - | - | 1952 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 431. | "Little Flock Movement. Begun in Foochow, China (1922) as an informal student group for prayer and Bible study. Under the influence of Watchman Nee it spread widely, its adherents meeting informally for breaking of bread and in assemblies. It was effectively dissolved after Nee's arrest by the People's Republic [in 1952]. " |
| Little Flock | China | - | - | 200 units |
- | 1955 | *LINK* Web site: "TrueBranch Ministry "; OPPOSING VIEW web page: "Watchman Nee & Witness Lee " (viewed 3 July 1999). Written by Miles J. Stanford. | "The Little Flock Movement: The late Watchman Nee was the Chinese founder and leader of the assembly-type movement named after the Brethren The Little Flock hymnal--although it had no connection with the Plymouth Brethren movement. Having emerged in the early 1920's, by 1950 there were some 200 assemblies established in China, with numbers of them spreading later into Taiwan and other parts of Asia. " |
| Little Flock | China: Fujian | - | - | - | - | 1987 | Lambert, Tony. The Resurrection of the Chinese Church; Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers (1994); pg. 120-121. | "The Little Flock in Fuzhou, 1987. The Little Flock, China's largest indigenous church grouping, is particularly strong in Fujian... At the mid-week service, which I attended, nearly a thousand Little Flock Christians filled the Flower Lane church (the main church in Fuzhou)... " |
| Little Flock | China: Zhejiang: Xiaoshan County | 59,850 | - | - | - | 1984 | Lambert, Tony. The Resurrection of the Chinese Church; Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers (1994); pg. 86. | "some reports still point to large numbers of Christians remaining aloof from the official church structures in some counties in [Zhejiang] province... the internal report of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, which, after a field trip to Xiaoshan County, stated that more than 95% of the 63,000 Christians there belonged to the indigenous Little Flock group and were opposed to the TSPM... " |
| Little Flock | Taiwan | - | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions (1981), Chapter: "Christianity in Asia "; pg. 181. | "In Taiwan... The most recent growth has been in the mountain tribes and in the indigenous Chinese denominations such as the Pentecostal True Jesus church and Wang Ming-Tao's Little Flock... " |
| Living Church of God | world | - | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance; webpage: "Worldwide Church of God founded by Herbert W. Armstrong " (viewed 23 April 2005) Latest update: 2004-SEP-06; Author: B.A. Robinson | "Worldwide Church of God... Splinter groups: After Herbert Armstrong's death [1986], about 30,000 members of the Worldwide Church of God left to join splinter groups: Church of God International, Global Church of God, Living Church of God, Philadelphia Church of God, and United Church of God. " |
| Living Word Christian Center | Maryland | 2,000 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in Baltimore, MD; pastor David Brown. |
| Lobi | Burkina Faso | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995); pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Local Church | Africa | - | - | 25 units |
4 countries |
1988 | *LINK* Local Church official website. Source: J. Gordon Melton. The Encyclopedia of American Religions (FIFTH EDITION). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc. (1996) | Membership: In 1988 the Local Church reported... congregations in... four countries in Africa (25)... |
| Local Church | Asia | - | - | 450 units |
11 countries |
1988 | *LINK* Local Church official website. Source: J. Gordon Melton. The Encyclopedia of American Religions (FIFTH EDITION). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc. (1996) | Membership: In 1988 the Local Church reported... congregations in... eleven countries in east Asia (450)... |
| Local Church | Canada | 1,305 | - | 10 units |
- | 1988 | *LINK* Local Church official website. Source: J. Gordon Melton. The Encyclopedia of American Religions (FIFTH EDITION). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc. (1996) | Membership: In 1988 the Local Church reported... 1,305 members in 10 congregations in Canada. There is no clergy in the traditional sense, but there were... fulltime workers... 15 in Canada. |
| Local Church | Europe | - | - | 35 units |
9 countries |
1988 | *LINK* Local Church official website. Source: J. Gordon Melton. The Encyclopedia of American Religions (FIFTH EDITION). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc. (1996) | Membership: In 1988 the Local Church reported... congregations in... nine countries of Europe (35)... |
