Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist | USA | - | - | - | - | 1990 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990); pg. 159. | "Of the 23 separate Methodist bodies in the U.S., the United Methodist Church is numerically the strongest. " |
| Methodist | USA | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "What specific denomination is that? (asked of Protestants) "; [this figure is percentage of U.S. total population] |
| Methodist | USA | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "What specific denomination is that? (asked of Protestants) "; [this figure is percentage of U.S. total population] |
| Methodist | USA | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1994 | Neusner, Jacob (ed). World Religions in America: An Introduction; Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press (1994); pg. 2. | "About 60% of American people are Protestants (among them, 19% are Baptists, 8% Methodists, 5% Lutherans, and the other 28% divided among many groups). " |
| Methodist | USA | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "What specific denomination is that? (asked of Protestants) "; [this figure is percentage of U.S. total population] |
| Methodist | USA | 14,200,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches | - |
| Methodist | USA | - | 12.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web page: "Principle Denominations in the U.S. "; web site: "Supporting Materials: Culture " (Slippery Rock Univ., PA). (viewed 31 Aug. 1999). Last Revised: 12-1-95 | Pie chart: "Principal U.S. Denominations "; R. Catholic 25%; Baptist 21%; Methodist 12%; Lutheran 8%; Other " |
| Methodist | USA | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "What specific denomination is that? (asked of Protestants) "; [this figure is percentage of U.S. total population] |
| Methodist | USA | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Princeton Religion Research Center: "Gallup Religion Data " (Dec 1998) | Table: "What specific denomination is that? (asked of Protestants) "; [this figure is percentage of U.S. total population] |
| Methodist | USA | 15,500,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 281. | "The total Methodist membership in the U.S. is about 15.5 million. " |
| Methodist | USA | 20,800,000 | 8.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 32, 34. | "Americans: Location: United States; Population: 260 million "; "The largest Protestant denominations are the Baptists with 10% of the population, followed by the Methodists (8%), Lutherans (5%), and Presbyterians (3%). " |
| Methodist | USA | 13,533,000 | - | - | - | 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 "; listed in table as "Methodist Churches " |
| Methodist | USA | 13,533,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); "last updated October 1998 " | Table: "Largest Religious Groups: The 16 US faith groups and ethical systems with memberships over 1 million are: "; listed in table as "Methodist Churches " |
| Methodist | USA - Middle Colonies | - | 3.80% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total Num. of congreg: 1,285. |
| Methodist | USA - South | - | 1.40% | - | - | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 29-30. | Table 2.1: "Denominational Percentages by Region, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total Num. of congreg: 845. |
| Methodist | Utah | - | 1.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Utah | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Vermont | - | 8.60% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Methodist | Vermont | - | 5.60% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Vermont | - | 6.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Virgin Islands (British) | 6,016 | 45.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Protestant 86% (Methodist 45%, Anglican 21%, Church of God 7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5%, Baptist 4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 2%, other 2%), Roman Catholic 6%, none 2%, other 6% (1981); Total population: 13,368 (1997 est.). |
| Methodist | Virginia | - | 2.00% | 10 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. |
| Methodist | Virginia | - | 0.24% | 10 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 12%. |
| Methodist | Virginia | - | 14.30% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Methodist | Virginia | - | 13.10% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Virginia | - | 7.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Virginia - whites | - | 0.44% | 10 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 491. Denominational % (2%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 22%. [Figure for whites calculated separately for southern states where large numbers of black slaves, few of whom were religiously affiliated at this time; otherwise southern denominational % figures are skewed lower.] |
| Methodist | Washington | - | 6.20% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Washington | - | 4.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Washington, D.C. | - | 6.80% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. [Geographic region in this table is listed as "District of Columbia ", not "Washington, D.C. "] |
| Methodist | Washington, D.C. | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | West Virginia | - | 14.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | West Virginia | - | 15.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Wisconsin | - | 0.00% | - | - | 1816 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 41. | "By the time of Asbury's death, in 1816, Methodism had increased from 10 preachers and 1,160 members in 1773 to 695 preachers and 214,235 members... Methodism was now established in every state and territory east of the Mississippi except eastern Florida..., and Wisconsin, which had not yet had many second-generation American settlers (most were first-generation European immigrants). " |
| Methodist | Wisconsin | - | 4.00% | - | - | 1850 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 252-288. | Table A.2: "Denominational Adherents per 1,000 Population, 1850 "; "The adherence rates were estimated from Bureau of the Census (1854) reports on the number of churches, the seating capacity of churches & the value of church property. " |
| Methodist | Wisconsin | - | 6.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Wisconsin | - | 7.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | world | 4 | - | 1 unit |
1 country |
1729 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 14-15. | "John Wesley... wrote the following account of the 1st society called Methodist: 'In Nov., 1729, 4 young gentlemen of Oxford... began... reading chiefly the Greek Testament... The next year, two or three of Mr. Wesley's pupils desired the liberty of meeting with them; and afterwards one of Mr. Charles Wesley's pupils... " |
| Methodist | world | 8 | - | 1 unit |
1 country |
1730 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 14-15. | "John Wesley... wrote the following account of the 1st society called Methodist: 'In Nov., 1729, 4 young gentlemen of Oxford... began... reading chiefly the Greek Testament... The next year, two or three of Mr. Wesley's pupils desired the liberty of meeting with them; and afterwards one of Mr. Charles Wesley's pupils... " |
| Methodist | world | 16 | - | 1 unit |
1 country |
1732 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 14-15. | "John Wesley... wrote the following account of the 1st society called Methodist: 'In Nov., 1729, 4 young gentlemen of Oxford... began... reading chiefly the Greek Testament... The next year, two or three of Mr. Wesley's pupils desired the liberty of meeting with them; and afterwards one of Mr. Charles Wesley's pupils... It was in 1732 that Mr. Ingham... & Mr. Broughton... were added... To these, in April, was joined Mr. Clayton... with 2 or 3 of his pupils... [&] Mr. James Hervey... and afterwards Mr. Whitefield' " |
| Methodist | world | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1739 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 23. | "The actual beginning of the world's first Methodist chapel was at Bristol, May 12, 1739. Later a chapel as built in London--the Foundry--and soon a second chapel was built in London. " |
| Methodist | world | - | - | - | 3 countries |
1766 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 30. | "Methodism spread first to Ireland and then to America. In 1766 Philip Embury, a lay preacher from Ireland, came to New York City. That same year another lay preacher from Ireland, Robert Strawbridge, came to Frederick County, Maryland. " |
| Methodist | world | 214,235 | - | - | - | 1816 | Allen, Charles L. Meet the Methodists: An Introduction to the United Methodist Church. Nashville: Abingdon Press (1986); pg. 41. | "By the time of Asbury's death, in 1816, Methodism had increased from 10 preachers and 1,160 members in 1773 to 695 preachers and 214,235 members. " |
| Methodist | world | 11,869,892 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 489. | Table: "The following statistical table gives the present approx. membership of the main divisions of world-wide Methodism... "; Regions delineated specifically: Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Australasia, the regions where the majority of Methodists live. Another region listed in table includes four countries: "Mexico, Brazil, Korea, Japan ", which has 86,169 Methodists, but this entry in the table gives no indication of individual country breakdown. |
| Methodist | world | 17,729,936 | - | - | 51 countries |
1957 | Spence, Hartzell. The Story of America's Religions; New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1960; 1st pub 1957); pg. 2, 13. | "The Methodist Church is still the largest single Protestant body in America, with a membership of 10,729,936. "; "Apart from the giant United States church, Methodism today counts seven million followers in fifty lands. " |
| Methodist | world | 16,000,000 | 0.64% | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 204-205. | Table: "Christians, Their Practices "; "Methodists: Members in world, 16 million adults... Concepts of Salvation and Afterlife: Salvation is through repentance and faith. Stress is placed on the individual experience of God's grace and power and a life of 'social holiness' including the Christianizing of men's life and conduct. Most Methodists accept a divine judgment after death with rewards and punishments of some kind. " |
| Methodist | world | 15,500,000 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 130. | "Methodists throughout the world number approx. 15,500,000 in full membership (those who have passed through a course...), and claim a total constituency of 25,000,000 as adherents (those who support or attend the church, or the husband or wife... " |
| Methodist | world | 25,000,000 | - | - | - | 1963 | Rosten, Leo (ed.). Religions in America; New York: Simon & Schuster (1963), 8th ed. [1st pub. in 1952. 8th ed. completely revised]; pg. 130. | "Methodists throughout the world number approx. 15,500,000 in full membership (those who have passed through a course...), and claim a total constituency of 25,000,000 as adherents (those who support or attend the church, or the husband or wife... " |
| Methodist | world | 30,000,000 | - | - | - | 1972 | Marty, Martin E. Protestantism (History of Religion Series). New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1972); pg. 26. | "If there are approximately 80,000,000 Lutherans and 40,000,000 each of Anglicans and the Presbyterian-Reformed, there are over 30,000,000 Methodists in the Protestant world. " |
| Methodist | world | 16,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace; The People's Almanac; Garden City, NY: Doubleday (1975); pg. 1267. | List of "Major World Religions ": "Worldwide, Methodists now number about 16 million adults, including over 13 million in the U.S. " |
| Methodist | world | 24,500,000 | - | - | - | 1980 | Walls, Andrew. "Christianity " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984]; pg. 108. | "Figure 2.7: Northern (non-Latin Western) Christianity [i.e. Protestantism], 1980: world figures (after Barrett, 1982) " |
| Methodist | 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. 173. | "Methodist churches, heirs of a renewal in the eighteenth century Church of England, have spread from England and America into many mission territories. " |
| Methodist | 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. 478. | "Methodist churches. Churches or denominations which owe their name and character to the movement led by John Wesley in the eighteenth century. More than 125 of them are alive today in many countries... " |
| Methodist | world | 31,718,508 | - | - | - | 1985 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1997, DK Publishing: New York (1996); pg. 84. | Table: "Top 10 Christian Affiliations in the World " (listing of religious "affiliations ", or denominational families, with largest numbers of adherents, based on mid-1980s. Ranked #9 |
| Methodist | world | 25,000,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | Pastva, Loretta. Great Religions of the World; Winona, Minnesota: Saint Mary's Press, Christian Brothers Publications (1995) [9th printing. 1st printing in 1986]; pg. 216. | "Worldwide, 64 autonomous Methodist-Wesleyan Churches presently have a total membership of about 25 million people. The Methodist Churches are governed by synods or conferences, which belong to the World Methodist Council. " |
| Methodist | world | 50,000,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987); pg. 130. | "The World Methodist Council comprises more than sixty autonomous or semi-autonomous conferences, and a total community of about 50 million people. " |
| Methodist | world | 18,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (10th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1995). | - |
| Methodist | world | 40,000,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "METHODISM... The original movement is today a family of Churches loosely connected to the World Methodist Council and claims a membership of over 18 million and a community of 40 million. " |
| Methodist | world | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Magida, Arthur J. (ed). How to be a Perfect Stranger: A Guide to Etiquette in Other People's Religious Ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing (1996); pg. 274. | "There are about 125 Methodist denominations around the globe and 23 separate Methodist bodies in the United States. Of these, the United Methodist church is numerically the largest. " |
| Methodist | world | 33,000,000 | - | - | 107 countries |
1997 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 281. | "Worldwide, there are more than 73 autonomous Methodist/Wesleyan churches in 107 countries, with a membership of more than 33 million. All of them belong to the World Methodist Council, which gives global unity to the witness of Methodist communicants. " |
| Methodist | world | 25,599,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998); pg. 76. | Table: "Top 10 Christian Denominations in the World "; Rank: #8 |
| Methodist | Wyoming | - | 9.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Methodist | Wyoming | - | 5.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Methodist " |
| Methodist | Zimbabwe | 220,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Methodists (3 groups) 220,000 adherents, Anglicans 140,000, African Reformed (NGK-South Africa) 87,000, Salvation Army 157,000, All Pentecostals est. 180,000 (40 groups) |
| Methodist | Zimbabwe | - | - | - | - | 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. 478. | "[Methodist] Churches having more than 20,000 members are found in Angola, Congo, Dahomey-Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone... " |
