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Data</a></td> </tr> </tbody></table>   <div style="height:20px; display:block"> </div> <div class="language-switch-main"><div class="lang-head"> <div class="en" style="color:#fff"><b>English</b><br>Total Articles: 2450</div> <div class="fr" style="color:#fff"><b>French</b><br>Total Articles: 571</div> <div class="pt" style="color:#fff"><b>Portuguese</b><br>Total Articles: 189</div> <div class="sw" style="color:#fff"><b>Swahili</b><br>Total Articles: 9</div> </div></div>   <h3> Number of Biographies for Each Affiliation </h3> <p><i>Note: Some biographies are counted in multiple groups.</i> <br> </p> <table><thead> <th style="width:50%">Affiliation</th> <th style="width:50%">Total No. of Bios</th> </thead></table> <table><tbody> <tr> <tr> <td>Africa Evangelical Church</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Africa Inland Church</td> <td>17</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Africa Inland Mission</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Apostolic Church of John Maranke</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Christian Holy Ghost Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Greek Orthodox Church</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Israel Church Nineveh</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Methodist Episcopal Church</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>African Orthodox Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aladura Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Algiers Missions Band</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>American Episcopal Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Amistad Committee</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ana a Mulungu Church (The Children of God Church)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ancient Christian Church</td> <td>149</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion</td> <td>190</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Adam Preaching Society)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Bible Church Missionary Society)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of Kenya)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of Nigeria)</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of the Congo)</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of the Province of Southern Africa)</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of the Sudan)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church of Uganda)</td> <td>64</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Church Missionary Society)</td> <td>189</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Episcopal)</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Anglican Communion (Order of Ethiopia)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apostolic Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apostolic Reform Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Assemblies of God</td> <td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Baptist</td> <td>59</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Baptist Missionary Society</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Basel Mission</td> <td>21</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Berhane Wengel Church</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Berlin Missionary Society</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bethel Mission</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Blackman's Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bremen Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brethren Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brethren in Christ</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burundi Evangelical Friends Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church</td> <td>381</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (ALCP/OSS)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (capuchin)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Dominican)</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Holy Ghost Fathers)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (IMC)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Jesuit)</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Lazarist)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Maryknoll Sisters)</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Spiritan)</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (SVD)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (Verona Fathers)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (White Fathers)</td> <td>12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Catholic Church (White Sisters)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Celestial Church of Christ</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Zion</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cherubim and Seraphim Society (Aladura)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Chosen Evangelical Revival</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Apostolic Church (Aladura)</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Apostolic Church of Glory</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Apostolic Mission Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Army Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Deliverance Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Healing Evangelical Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christ Holy Church International</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christian Alliance Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christian Assembly in Chad</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Christian Reformed Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Central Africa Presbyterian</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ and Companions</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in Africa (Johera)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in Nigeria</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CADELU)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CBCE)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CBCO)</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CBFC)</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CEAC)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CECA)</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CECU)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CEFMC)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CEUM)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CMCO)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CNCA)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Congo (CPCO)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Deliverance and Complete Salvation in Jesus Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of God Mission</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Mangembo</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of Scotland</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Blacks</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Bretheren (Mboka Polo)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Brethren</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Brethren in Nigeria</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Holy Spirit</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Lord (Aladura)</td> <td>11</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Church of the Nazarene</td> <td>209</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Congregational</td> <td>38</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Coptic Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Coptic Evangelical Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Covenant Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Deeper Christian Life Ministry</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Deliverance Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Disciples of Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Divine Healing Church of Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dorothea Mission</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dutch Reformed Church</td> <td>28</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ebenezer Baptist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ecumenical</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elim Church of Pentecost</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Elim Missionary Assembly</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Emmanuel Baptist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Emmanuel Community</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Catholic Church in Zion</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Church of Gazaland in Zimbabwe</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Church of South Africa</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Orthodox Church</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Orthodox Church (Stephanite Movement)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Orthodox Church of South Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Baptist Church of Malawi</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Brotherhood of Pentecost in Africa in Congo (Nzambe Malamu Church)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Christian Church of Angola</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church in Chad</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church Jehovah through Jesus Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church of Angola</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church of Cameroon</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church of Congo</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church of West Africa</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Church SIM</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Community of Congo</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Congregational Church of Angola</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Lutheran Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Mennonite Church of Burkina Faso</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Mennonite Community</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Mission</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Protestant</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Protestant Church of Mali</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evanglical Synodal Church of Angola</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelical United Brethren</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evangelistic Prayer Band</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fellowship Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fellowship of Mennonite Brethren Churches in the Congo (CEFMC)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Finland Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Finland Mission Church (Pentecostal)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Foursquare Gospel Church</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Church of Scotland</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Church of the Canton of Vaud</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Churches of Pentecost in Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free Methodist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Free-will Baptist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>French Reformed Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friends Church (Quakers)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Friends of the Holy Spirit</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full Gospel Believers Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full Gospel Church (Debre Zeit)</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Full Gospel Churches of Kenya (FGCK)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>German Baptist</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>German Evangelical Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ghana Evangelical Society</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Glad Tidings Evangelistic Ministry</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Glasgow Missionary Society</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Go Ye Evangelistic Association</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gospel Apostolic Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gospel Missionary Union</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gospel of God Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gospel Outreach church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Greek Orthodox Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guenet Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Harrist Church</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Head Mountain of God Apostolic Church in Zion</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Holiness Union Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Holy Flock of Christ Worldwide</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ibandla Loku Kanya (Church of the Light)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Independent</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kale Heywet Church</td> <td>20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kenya Assemblies of God</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Livingstone Interior Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>London Missionary Society</td> <td>28</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lumpa Church</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lutheran</td> <td>37</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lutheran (Norwegian Missionary Society)</td> <td>18</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lutheran Evangelical Church of the RCA</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malakite Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Maronite Catholic Church of Lebanon</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mekane Yesus Church</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mende Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mennonite</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Meserete Kristos Church (Mennonite Mission)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Methodist</td> <td>60</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Methodist Church in Kenya</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Methodist Church Nigeria</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Methodist Episcopal Church</td> <td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Methodist Missionary Society</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mission Lord Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Missionary Center of the Rock</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Moravian Church</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nairobi Pentecostal Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Native Baptist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nazarite Baptist Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>New Church of Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>New Jerusalem Melter Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Niger Delta Pastorate</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nigerian Baptist Convention</td> <td>66</td> </tr> <tr> <td>North Africa Mission</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Open Brethren (Christian Missions in Many Lands)</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Orthodox Church</td> <td>137</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ossa-Madih Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paris Evangelical Missionary Society</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Peaceful Healing Church</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pentecost Evangelical Assembly</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pentecostal</td> <td>15</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pentecostal Church of the Congo</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Prayer Palace Christian Center</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Prayerful Apostolic Church (Gboran)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pre-Christian</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian</td> <td>66</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian Church of Africa</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian Church of Ghana</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (Church of Scotland Mission)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Presbyterian Church of the Sudan</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Primitive Methodist</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Protestant</td> <td>72</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Protestant Evangelical Church of Guinea</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Protestant Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Protestant Unity Church (Oruuano)</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Qua Iboe Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Redeemed Christian Church of God</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reformed</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reformed African Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reformed Church in Zambia</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reformed Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM)</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rhenish Missionary Society</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saint Ewolomi Cathedral of Cherubim and Seraphim Paradise Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>St. Paul Mission Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Salem Gospel Mission International</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scriptural Holiness Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scripture Union</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Seventh-Day Adventist</td> <td>62</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sheepfold Ministries</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shiri Chena Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Society of African Missions</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Somali Believers Fellowship</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>South Africa General Mission</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>St. Jacob's Apostolic Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>St. John's Apostolic Faith Mission</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Step by Step with Jesus Christ Missionary Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sudan Interior Mission</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sudan United Mission</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sureway International Ministries (Pentecostal)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Swedish Evangelical Mission</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The African Church</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Antonian Movement</td> <td>4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Apostolic Church</td> <td>8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Apostolic Church, Nigeria</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Church of Christ, the Congregation of All Saints of South Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Church of Pentecost</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Gospel Faith Mission International</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Israelites</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Living Church of Jesus Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Sound of the Trumpet Evangelical Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thembu National Church</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Traditional Religionist</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Union Baptist Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Union of Baptist Committee Churches</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Union of Evangelical Churches in Angola</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Brethren in Christ</td> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Church of Cherubim and Seraphim</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Church of Christ</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Congregational Church of Southern Africa</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Evangelical Lutheran Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Free Church of Scotland</td> <td>6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Gospel Faith Tabernacle</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Missionary Church of Africa</td> <td>14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Presbyterian Mission</td> <td>3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Unknown Religious Affiliation</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Voice of Redemption Gospel Church</td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Voice of Salvation and Healing Church </td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Watch Tower</td> <td>5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wesleyan Methodist</td> <td>10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Wolaitta Kale Heywet Church</td> <td>7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>World Evangelization Crusade (WEC)</td> <td>1</td> </tr> 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