The Wikipedia article on the World Methodist Council, reporting that in 2018 the Council disclosed that its 80 member denominations represented an estimated 80 million people, a considerably higher figure than the 70,226,000 reported for 2020 by the World Christian Database, published by Edinburgh University Press, and higher still than the Council's own detailed member-church statistical table. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
Tertiary reference compiling two named figures against each other, the World Methodist Council's own 2018 disclosed estimate and the World Christian Database's independent 2020 count, rather than either primary source directly; the same one-remove standing already given to other Wikipedia compilations on this axis, chosen because it is where the discrepancy between the two is itself discussed. Citation
PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Methodist_Council
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names World Methodist Council directly: "The Wikipedia article on the World Methodist Council, reporting that in 2018 the Council disclosed that its 80 member denominations represented an estimated 80 million people, a considerably higher..."
Source World Methodist Council
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Denominations, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Organizations, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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