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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientology - celebrity centers | United Kingdom | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web page (OPPOSING VIEW): "Scientology Worldwide " (viewed 13 Feb. 1999); "Last Update on 10th Feb. 1999 " | "CoS web sites have lists of Missions (1998) & Orgs (1996) from which the Table below is derived. Original concept and research by 'Inducto'. " |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | 130,000 | - | - | - | 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. 268. | "Outside India, some 350,000 [Sikhs] live in the UK and another 100,000 in North america. " |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 57,591,677. Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 (1991 est.). NOTE: UK does not include question on religion in its census. |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | Wolff, Michael. Where We Stand: Can America Make it in the Global Race for Wealth, Health, and Happiness? Bantam Books: New York (1992). Pg. 206-207. | Chart |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 30-31. | Map: 350,001 - 500,000 Sikhs in United Kingdom. |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | - | - | 100 units |
- | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 30-31. | "Over 100 " gurdwaras. Map: Number of Sikh gurdwaras ( "a gurdwara is both a place of worship and community centre ") |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | 240,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996), pg. 55. | "Today there are 12 million Sikhs in India, 1 million in the U.S. and Canada, 500,000 in Great Britain. " |
| Sikhism | United Kingdom | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 58,210,000 |
| Soka Gakkai | United Kingdom | 4,522 | - | - | - | 1990 | Wilson, B. & Dobbelaere, K. A Time to Chang: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain. Oxford: Clarendon (1998), pg. 39-39. | "The Soka Gakkai International UK (Nichiren Shoshu OUK, as it was then)... provided us with a computer listing of members. With their addresses, we were able to draw a random sample to whom we distributed a postal questionnaire... We took as the criterion of fully fledged membership whether the individual had received Gojukai--the ceremony in which a member receives... his or her copy of the Gohonzon. Whilst that test was generally appropriate, there were some older members who had come into the movement as dedicated practitioners before the custom... was instituted... these persons we readily counted as full members... We procured a listing with 3,673 names and addresses, since the information about the most recent recpients of the Gohonzon, some 849 people, was not yet available. "; Table I: "The sex distribution of members ": Listed as of 1 Nov. 1990: Total males: 1,733 (38.3%); total females: 2,585 (57.2%); Unidentified total: 204: (4.5%). |
| Soka Gakkai | United Kingdom | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Barrett, D. Sects, 'Cults', and Alternative Religions. London, UK: Blandford (1997), pg. 156. | "Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai were brought to the UK by a British businessman, Richard Causton, who had worked in Japan. The headquarters of the UK organisation are in a Tudor stately home in Berkshire, purshased with a 6 million pounds interest-free loan from the Japanese headquarters. There is as yet no British temple, but there are 4 - 5,000 British members. " |
| Spiritism | United Kingdom | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1972 | Godwin, John. Occult America; Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. (1972), pg. 189. | "Today the National Spiritualist Association embraces 400 separate units... Total membership hovers at slightly above 150,000 (as against 50,000 in Great Britain, which has less than a quarter of our population). " |
| Swaminarayanism | United Kingdom | 30,000 | - | - | - | 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. 207. | "In East Africa, the Swaminarayan religion was firmly established in 1950 and active temples remain today in several cities in Kenya and Tanzania. Following the Africanization policy of several states from the mid-1050s, East African Gujaratis, like other Indian groups, emigrated to Britain and brought the Swaminarayan religion with them. The sect now counts more than 30,000 members in Britain... " |
| Swedenborgian | United Kingdom | 7,100 | - | 70 units |
- | 1926 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976), pg. 528. [1st pub. in 1945 by Philosophical Library. 1976 reprint is unrevised.] | "New Jerusalem, Church of the: Followers of Swedenborg organized the 1st congregation, or society, in London, 1788... In 1926 this British Convention counted about 70 societies and 7,100 members. " |
| Temple of Set | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Harvey, G. "Satanism in Britain Today " in Journal of Contemporary Religion. Vol. 10, No. 3, October 1995, pg. 284. | "...there are Satanists in Britain. There are six groups who between them have less than 100 members... Most of my discussion is devoted to the Temple of Set, numerically the largest group, which permitted me more access to their membership and literature than the other groups. I begin with the Temple of Set for those reasons alone and not because it is the 'most representative' or 'authentic' Satanist group in existence. " |
| Temple of Set | United Kingdom | 50 | - | - | - | 1995 | Harvey, G. "Satanism in Britain Today " in Journal of Contemporary Religion. Vol. 10, No. 3, October 1995, pg. 285. | "...Trevor Thomas of the TS... was concerned that I might be given false information regarding Satanism and the TS. After some correspondence the TS agreed (with some enthusiasm) to distribute a questionnaire specifically designed for its membership in Britain. Both the senior British TS initiate, David Austen, and the TS's High Priest, Michael Aquino, are said to have been keen that members responded to that questionnaire... I received 11 responses to the questionnaire... I was also able to interview David Austen, according to whom the TS has gained many more members since my questionnaire was distributed. If so, my respondents represent approximately twenty percent of the approximately 50 current UK members. (In turn, I estimate that this is about 50% of the Satanists in organized groups in Britain)... There are TS members in Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire (with 3 in Manchester), London, Essex and the Isle of Man. " |
| Tenrikyo | United Kingdom | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 1 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo 1998 ". Church-supplied data. 3 mission stations |
| Tolkien Society | United Kingdom | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* official organization web site; web page: "Smials " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999) | "Smials are the local groups of The Tolkien Society... Smials include: Taruithorn, Oxford Tolkien Society, St Hugh's College, Oxford, U.K.; Mundeli Sernieva, Milton Keynes Smial, 28 Loverock Crescent, Rugby, WARWICKSHIRE, U.K.; Northfarthing, London smial - oldest... essentially the founding smial, 28 Chepstow Corner, Chepstow Place, LONDON, U.K. " [Note: Only 3 listed here, but it is not explicitly stated that this is comprehensive, so may be more.] |
| Tractarians | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | 1833 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 14). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 1882. | "This name [Oxford Group] excited disapproval in some quarters at Oxford University and among Anglo-Catholics who feared that it might cause confusion with the Oxford Movement of the Tractarians, the Catholic revival in the Church of England which had begun in 1833. " |
| True Jesus Church | United Kingdom | - | - | 13 units |
- | 2005 | *LINK* official organization website; webpage: "Find a Church " database-based church locator (viewed 14 April 2005) | 13 congreg. listed for United Kingdom: 13 in England, 2 in Northern Ireland, 4 in Scotland |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | United Kingdom | - | - | 200 units |
- | 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. 136. | "The formation in 1928 of the 'General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches' marked the final establishment of a definite Unitarian denomination in the UK (where there are now some 200 active congregations.) " |
| Unitarian/Unitarian Universalist | United Kingdom | 7,500 | - | 183 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* directory on offical church web site | CONGREGATIONS: 183 member congregations in Great Britain (Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales). There are also affiliated members overseas.; MEMBERS: 6700 plus approximately 800 children and teenagers |
| Unitarianism - British | United Kingdom | - | - | 350 units |
- | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976), pg. 802. [1st pub. in 1945 by Philosophical Library. 1976 reprint is unrevised.] | "They number about 350 congregations in the British Isles and about a score more in the colonies... " |
| United Reformed Church | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | 1972 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996), pg. 347. | "In 1972 in Great Britain, Presbyterians joined Congregationalists to form the United Reformed Church, later joined by the Churches of Christ. " |
| United Reformed Church | United Kingdom | 195,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | 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 United Reformed Church in England and Wales (often known as the URC) was formed in 1972 from the union of a large majority of congregations of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England... In British terms it is a small denomination. In 1984 it had about 140,000 members and 55,000 children in nearly 2000 congregations served by some 1250 ministers, 10,000 teachers and 1000 lay preachers. " |
| United Reformed Church | United Kingdom | 250,000 | - | 1,750 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official web site of the United Reformed Church; home page (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | "The URC comprises 150,000 adults and 1000,000 children and young people in 1750 congregations spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales, served by some 1100 ministers, both women and men. " (typo/mistake for children) |
| United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 102,582 | 0.18% | 1,768 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "UK (URCUK)/United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom (URCUK)... Country information:... Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 58.1 million... Church information:... Members/Congregations: 102,582/1,768. " |
| Unity Church | United Kingdom | - | - | 13 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) | Counted the churches in their directory. |
| Universal Druid Bond | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | 1717 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 6). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 722. | "In 1717 John Toland gathered delegates from Bardic and Druid circles in some ten areas, including York, Oxford, Wales, Cornwall, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, parts of Scotland, Ireland and Brittany as well as London, to form the Universal Druid Bond from which the present outward body descends, the Mother Grove An Tich Geata Gairdeachas. The grove no longer professes any specific religion, but forms a deistic philosophy. " |
| Vipassana Meditation Centers | United Kingdom | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Vipassana Meditation "; web page: "Vipassana Meditation Centers in Europe " (viewed 13 Feb. 1999) | Centers listed in directory: France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom |
| Wicca | United Kingdom | - | - | - | - | 1959 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 14). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 1867-1869. | "After the witch-hunting fury of the 17th century, witchcraft declined in England. Some 300 years after the Witch-Finder General, Matthew Hopkins, had terrorized the eastern countries, a series of books appeared which set the scene for the modern reappearance of the ancient craft. Margaret Murray's The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921) argued that witchcraft had not been an anti-Christian perversion but the survival of pre-Christian paganism. IN 1949 Gerald Gardner published a novel High Magic's Aid, which purported to give authentic details of witchcraft practice; this was followed five years later by a non-fiction book, Witchcraft Today... Gardner proselytized for the witches in a further book, The Meaning of Witchcraft published in 1959, and attracted a great deal of largely hostile publicity from the newspapers befor his death in 1964. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom & Ireland | - | - | 400 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Web site: "Latter-day Saints Online " (UK); web page: "Church History " | "There are around 400 congregations (wards and branches) today in the UK and Ireland divided into 45 Stakes. " |
| Methodist | United Kingdom & Ireland | 26,000 | - | - | - | 1767 | Mead, Frank S. (revised by Samuel S. Hill), Handbook of Denominations in the United States (9th Ed.), Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn. (1990), pg. 155-156. | "...more than 26,000 Methodists were worshipping in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in 1767. " |
| Agapemonites | United Kingdom: Britain | - | - | - | - | 1845 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 13). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 1828. | "The 19th century produced the most spectacular recent claimants to messiahship in Britain. Among these were two men, one of whom 'inherited' this claim from the other. Such a transfer of a status as unique as that of messiah must be unprecedented... and yet the group known as Agapemonites, brought into being in the 1840s by an Anglican priest, Henry James Prince, accepted after his death a new immortal messiah in the person of John Hugh Smyth-Pigott. Prince had been renowned at St David's, Lampeter, where he had studied for the Anglican priesthood, as a particularly pious student... after some time his relations with the Church of England became strained, and he opened his own chapel in Brighton. With donations from his supporters, among whom were a number of wealthy women, he bought a large house and grounds at Spraxton in Somerset, and there established his community, the Adobe of Love... " |
| Agapemonites | United Kingdom: Britain | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1899 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 13). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 1830. | "[Prince's] own death, in 1899, might have been expected to see the collapse of the Agapemonites: instead it produced a new messianic claimant. Shortly before his death, Prince had sponsored the building of a church in Clapton, London, known as the Church of the Ark of the Covenant. This development was all the more surprising since in Prince's later years the Agapemonites had done little in the way of evangelization. It is uncertain whether the founding of this church, at which non-resident sympathizers of the Spraxton community occasionally met, had any direct connection with the choice of Prince's successor, or whether Prince had any interest in the continuance of his sect after his death. But it was at this church that, in 1902, John Hugh Smyth-Pigott declared himself the messiah. " |
| Anthroposophical Society | United Kingdom: Britain | 2,500 | - | - | - | 1987 | Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987); pg. 10-14. | Table with following columns: Movement; Total Membership; Full-Time Members; P/T Members; Sympathizers.; For this study Clarke "approached researchers & observers in the field of new religions [& org./church reps.] to obtain their opinions & any hard... data "; All members are in full-time column.; Listed here as "Anthroposophy " |
| attendance - weekly | United Kingdom: Britain | - | 15.00% | - | - | 1981 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981) [2nd edition is updated since 1977 1st edition], pg. 421. | "In an average week, about 40% of the American pop. attends a church service. This attendance rate is by far the highest in the advanced industrial societies of the world; in Britain, by comparison, weekly attendance is only 15%. " |
| attendance - weekly | United Kingdom: Britain | - | 27.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "The University of Michigan News and Information Services "; web page: "Study identifies worldwide rates of religiosity, church attendance " (viewed 17 April 1999). "News Release: December 10, 1997 " By Diane Swanbrow. | Table: weekly church attendance in various nations. "Source: Based on latest avail. data from... World Values surveys. Results with an asterisk are from the 1990-1991 survey; all others are from 1995-1997 survey. " |
| Bahai Faith | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Baha'i: Britain: 6,000 (1997) (Weller); World: 6,000,000 (1999)... " |
| Brahma Kumaris | United Kingdom: Britain | 800 | - | - | - | 1987 | Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987); pg. 10-14. | Table with following columns: Movement; Total Membership; Full-Time Members; P/T Members; Sympathizers.; For this study Clarke "approached researchers & observers in the field of new religions [& org./church reps.] to obtain their opinions & any hard... data "; Listed in table as "Brahmakumaris " |
| Brahma Kumaris | United Kingdom: Britain | 1,200 | - | - | - | 1999 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Brahma Kumaris: Britain: 1,200 'regular students'... " [Data from religious organization: Sister Maureen Goodman, Global Co-operation House, London. She added that there are no figures for those who are more loosely connected, who have, e.g. taken BK courses.] |
| Catholic | United Kingdom: Britain | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1965 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990), pg. 268. | "Catholics continue to be approximately the same proportion of the population in all five countries that they were twenty years ago--nine-tenths in Italy, two-fifths in the BRD [West Germany], a quarter in the United States and Australia, and a tenth in Britain. " |
| Catholic | United Kingdom: Britain | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1985 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990), pg. 268. | "Catholics continue to be approximately the same proportion of the population in all five countries that they were twenty years ago--nine-tenths in Italy, two-fifths in the BRD [West Germany], a quarter in the United States and Australia, and a tenth in Britain. " |
| Celts | United Kingdom: Britain | - | - | - | - | -900 B.C.E. | King, John. The Celtic Druids' Year: Seasonal Cycles of the Ancient Celts. London, UK: Blandford (1994), pg. 36. | "There is no clear date for the arrival of the first Goidelic-speaking Celts in Britain, although any date earlier than 900 BC (about 600 years after the completion of Stonehenge) seems very unlikely. Some time between 500 and 250 BC, during the La Tene phase, occurred the arrival, or separation, of the Brythonic-speaking Celts. These two different groups are sometis referred to as the Q-Celts and P-Celts. " |
| Christadelphian | United Kingdom: Britain | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 18). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 2521. | "Today, there are about 20,000 Christadelphians in Britain... " |
| Christian Science | United Kingdom: Britain | - | - | 157 units |
- | 1999 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Christian Science: Britain:... [157 worshipping congregations (churches and societies) of Christian Scientists in the UK. Source: Christian Science Journal, April 1999.] |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 600 | - | - | - | 1837 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 12. | "...by 1837 they had 600 members in Britain. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 600 | - | - | - | 1837 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 3,626 | - | - | - | 1840 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 30,747 | - | - | - | 1850 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1851 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992), pg. 80. | "The all-time high (before the modern era) was reached in 1851 when over 32,000 members of the Church resided in Britain; this figure was higher than the total membership in all of North America. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 13,853 | - | - | - | 1860 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 12,851 | - | - | - | 1863 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992), pg. 83. | "In 1863, Saints in Britain numbered 12,851; in 1871, membership was down to 7,206; by 1874, it had decreased to 5,423. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 8,804 | - | - | - | 1870 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 7,206 | - | - | - | 1871 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992), pg. 83. | "In 1863, Saints in Britain numbered 12,851; in 1871, membership was down to 7,206; by 1874, it had decreased to 5,423. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 5,423 | - | - | - | 1874 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992), pg. 83. | "In 1863, Saints in Britain numbered 12,851; in 1871, membership was down to 7,206; by 1874, it had decreased to 5,423. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 5,112 | - | - | - | 1880 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 2,770 | - | - | - | 1890 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 4,183 | - | - | - | 1900 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,864 | - | - | - | 1910 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,797 | - | - | - | 1920 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,491 | - | - | - | 1930 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1939 | Cowan, Richard O. & Bruce A. Van Orden. The International Church: Readings for Religion C344; Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University (Fall 1992), pg. 17. | "As World War II began, there were more members in Germany (15,000) and Britain (7,000) than in any other nations besides the United States. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,364 | - | - | - | 1940 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,357 | - | - | - | 1950 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 17,332 | - | - | - | 1960 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 68,217 | - | - | - | 1970 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 90,982 | - | - | - | 1980 | Stark, Rodney. "The Rise of a New World Faith " in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members, edited by James T. Duke. Religious Studies Center, BYU: Provo, UT (1998), pg. 13. | "Table 1.1: Mormon Membership in Britain: 1837-1980 "; "Source: LDS Church " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United Kingdom: Britain | 180,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). [Orig. source: LDS Church.] | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Latter-day Saints: Britain: 180,000 (1998); World: 10,000,000 world-wide (1998) " |
| Emin Foundation | United Kingdom: Britain | 700 | - | - | - | 1987 | Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987); pg. 10-14. | Table with following columns: Movement; Total Membership; Full-Time Members; P/T Members; Sympathizers.; For this study Clarke "approached researchers & observers in the field of new religions [& org./church reps.] to obtain their opinions & any hard... data "; Listed in table of NRMs. |
| est | United Kingdom: Britain | 8,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). [Orig. source: Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987)] | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... Est: Britain: 8,000 (1987) [original source: Clarke]; World: 1,000,000 (1996) " |
| est | United Kingdom: Britain | 8,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987); pg. 10-14. | Table with following columns: Movement; Total Membership; Full-Time Members; P/T Members; Sympathizers.; For this study Clarke "approached researchers & observers in the field of new religions [& org./church reps.] to obtain their opinions & any hard... data "; Total membership: "8,000 +/- 500 " |
| Exegesis | United Kingdom: Britain | 6,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Clarke, Peter B. The New Evangelists: Recruitment, Method and Aims of New Religious Movements, London: Ethnographics (1987); pg. 10-14. | Table with following columns: Movement; Total Membership; Full-Time Members; P/T Members; Sympathizers.; For this study Clarke "approached researchers & observers in the field of new religions [& org./church reps.] to obtain their opinions & any hard... data " |
| Family, The | United Kingdom: Britain | 290 | - | - | - | 1999 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). [Orig. source: Data from the organization.] | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... The Family: Britain: 290 (of whom 140 are full time 'charter members') (1999); World: 10,183 charter members and 2,871 'fellow members' (1999) " |
| Family, The - full-time | United Kingdom: Britain | 140 | - | - | - | 1999 | Chryssides, George. Exploring New Religions. London, U.K.: Cassells (1999). [Orig. source: Data from the organization.] | "I have selected the best available [statistics], providing a range where adjudication is impossible... The Family: Britain: 290 (of whom 140 are full time 'charter members') (1999); World: 10,183 charter members and 2,871 'fellow members' (1999) " |
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