Salt of the Earth... Out of 1,000 people in Great Britain, 3 are Methodist members ; another 4 have a connection with a Methodist church ; another 72 are committed to other Christian denominations ONS mid-2017 population estimates

...spread across town and country 192,000 visits to church... Each week, on average City Centre (6 per cent) Inner City (6 per cent) Council Estate (4 per cent) Suburban (34 per cent) Small Town (29 per cent) Village/Rural (21 per cent) ...spread across town and country 192,000 visits to church... Sunday Adults Weekday Adults Sunday Young People Weekday Young People Average weekly attendance October 2017. Each visit to a church service scores one. Each smiley represents 1,000 visits. Young people <20yo.

Roughly a fifth of Methodists meet in each of these different size of church

Small Groups (and not so small) Methodists meet not just in church congregations, but in over thirty thousand regular groups, meetings and activities. The balloons show average attendance in each sort of group. Measured by reported numbers of visits 2016. Post Office/Open Shop = daily footfall. Street Pastors/Nightshelter = shift roster.

Onwards and Upwards Methodism’s mix of old and new Newest Church New song Network, 2014 Foodbank, average 5 years running Credit Union, average 7 years running Nightshelter, average 9 years running Discipleship Course, average 12 years running Church Café, average 12 years running Nursery/Creche, average 17 years running Youth Project, average 14 years running Fellowship Group, average 24 years running Worship Group, average 20 years running Wesley Guild, average 31 years running Uniformed Group, average 33 years running Sunday School, average 45 years running Methodism’s mix of old and new Oldest Church, Heptonstall Chapel – 1764 As compiled from analysis of 2016 Groups and outreach activities, “years running”

Twin Peaks Methodism’s membership profile tends towards the older end of the age spectrum... but groups and outreach activities are largely attended by young people Membership (40% aged 70 and over) Groups and outreach activities (41% aged 0 to 19) In –house membership survey 2011; Analysis of groups and outreach activities 2017

Mixed Signals... Attendance Up : Membership Down 1,065 Churches Attendance Up : Membership Up 682 Churches Attendance Down : Membership Up 843 Churches Attendance Down : Membership Down 1,922 Churches Methodist Churches have fared variously according to different measures Movements over three year period 2013 – 2016 in respect of 4,512 Local Churches (church closures excluded)