Name That District Joy Mueller, Conference Statistician

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Name That District!Joy Mueller, Conference
Statistician

• June 18 20, 2009

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New England Conferenceat the end of 2008

• 522 Churches
• 88,789 Members
• 31,356 Average Worship

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New England Districts of Churches

• Northern Maine NME 64
• Mid Maine MME 71
• New Hampshire NHD 64
• Tri-State TRI 73
• Connecticut/Western MA CWM 65
• Central Massachusetts CMA 63
• Metro Boston Hope MBH 56
• Rhode Island/Southeastern MA RIM 66
• And coming next year Vermont!

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Name that District! What district has

• the most members?

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Central Massachusetts

• CMA

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Number of Total Members by District
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Name that District! What district has

• The most churches with average worship attendance
  gt 125?

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Tri-State

• TRI

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Number Church with Average Worship Attendance of
125 Plus
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Name that District! What district

• Received the most new members by Profession of
  Faith in 2008?

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Rhode Island/Southeastern Massachusetts

• RIM

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Number of New Professions of Faith2008
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Name that District! What district has

• The highest percentage of churches with increased
  worship attendance in 2008?

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Connecticut/Western Massachusetts

• CWM

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Percentage of Churches with Increased Worship
Attendance in 2008
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Name that District! What district

• Gave the most money to local benevolences when
  scaled by membership?

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New Hampshire

• NHD

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Money Given to Local Benevolences Per per Member
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Name that District! What district has

• The largest ratio of worship attendance to
  membership in 2008?

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Mid Maine

• MME

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Ratio of Worship Attendance to Membership
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Name that District! What district has

• The most churches located in counties with the
  highest level of poverty?

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Northern Maine

• NME

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Poverty Rates for the State of Maine

• Northern Maine has 27 churches in the three
  counties with the highest rate of poverty
• The only other county in New England with the
  highest rate of poverty is Suffolk County in
  Massachusetts

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Name that District! What district has

• The most new churches added to the statistics in
  2008?

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Metro Boston Hope

• MBH

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2 New Chartered Churches in MBH in 2008

• Grace Vision UMC
• Cambridge, MA
• Brazilian UMC
• Saugus, MA
• And, in CWM
• CT Central Korean, E. Hampton, CT

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