A Juicy Ecumenism analysis by John Lomperis, published 2023-08-08, estimating Global Methodist Church individual membership at 310,000 to 656,523 by applying the United Methodist Church's own 2020 average congregation size (211.78 members per congregation) to the Global Methodist Church's then-reported roughly 3,100 congregations. Used here as the independent estimate against the Global Methodist Church's own congregation-count reporting.
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Citation
AuthorJohn Lomperis
PublisherJuicy Ecumenism (Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://juicyecumenism.com/2023/08/08/how-big-is-the-united-methodist-split-so-far/
Source Typejournalism
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Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a named analyst writing for a denominational-advocacy publication, not an independent membership count, but a stated, checkable calculation applying the United Methodist Church's own 2020 average congregation size to the Global Methodist Church's reported congregation count, used here only because the Global Methodist Church itself publishes congregation counts rather than an individual membership total. Connections
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Source How Big Is the United Methodist Split So Far? (Juicy Ecumenism, Lomperis, 2023)John Lomperis
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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