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==1998 (December)== | ==1998 (December)== |
Revision as of 20:09, 3 December 2005
According to the Children of God, there were 130 communes or "colonies" in 15 countries in 1972. In 1993, 7,000 of the 10,000 members were under 18 years of age. Recent statistics by The Family International puts full-time and fellow members at just over 11,200 in over 100 countries (around 4,000 adult full-time members and 4,000 children). Some estimates have placed the total number of people that have passed through the group at 35,000. In the year 2000 the group claimed this number to be only 26,000 ("Stay on the Wall!", pp.6, CM/FM#3303 June 2000) and on 3 October 2005 they claimed this number to be 32,000.
Sociologists have observed that many organizations exaggerate their numbers. This is especially true of new religious movements (or any new movement) with respect to the number of followers. The Family International has consistently claimed many thousands of followers and their "official" count has remained around 10,000 for years (± 2,000). However, this number includes children and babies as "followers", and the number of members under the age of 15 is close to that of those 16 and older.
The Family International has significantly downplayed the numbers of their defectors. This is especially true of the second generation. They have claimed that from S2K to June 2000, only 600 people have left.
The number of Family Disciple (FD) members (previously called Charter Members or CM) has been declining year by year since 1998.
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2004 (October)
In 2004, the creation of the Missionary Member (MM) category of membership and the change to the minimum Family Disciple (FD; previously Charter Member or CM) home size from the previous four members age 16+ to now six members age 18+ brought major changes affecting Family homes statistics. Note that the cutoff date for the mandatory FD home size adjustment was late January 2005, so the following statistics (from the end of October 2004) do not reflect the full repercussions of this change.
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
FD | 395 | 31% | |
MM | 149 | 12% | |
FM | 728 | 57% | |
Total | 1272 | 100% |
Note: At the time these statistics were compiled, 147 FD homes had less than the required six members aged 18 and older, so the breakdown of members and homes in each membership category may be significantly different today. In particular, the number of MM homes is expected to have increased.
Generations | |||
---|---|---|---|
Group | Number | % | |
1st | 3807 | 37% | |
2nd | 5903 | 58% | |
3rd | 521 | 5% | |
Total | 10231 | 100% |
Location of Total Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Region | % | ||
North America | 14% | ||
Western Europe | 13% | ||
Brazil | 12% | ||
Other | 61% |
Location of FD Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Region | % | ||
Eastern Eurasia | 12% | ||
North America | 11% | ||
Mexico/Central America | 11% | ||
Other | 66% |
2003 (year-end)
Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 7491 | 70% | |
FM | 3162 | 30% | |
Total | 10653 | 100% |
2002 (year-end)
Family Homes | Members | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region | CM | FM | Total | CM | FM | Total | Per Home |
Western Europe | 85 | 154 | 239 | 820 | 682 | 1502 | 6.3 |
Eastern Eurasia | 80 | 34 | 114 | 726 | 121 | 847 | 7.4 |
Africa | 55 | 10 | 65 | 576 | 33 | 609 | 9.4 |
Mideast | 27 | 3 | 30 | 442 | 18 | 460 | 15.3 |
Indian Area | 41 | 13 | 54 | 528 | 54 | 582 | 10.8 |
Southeast Asia | 25 | 30 | 55 | 252 | 189 | 441 | 8 |
China/Pacific | 67 | 31 | 98 | 586 | 155 | 741 | 7.6 |
Japan | 52 | 39 | 91 | 721 | 179 | 900 | 9.9 |
USA/Canada | 81 | 177 | 258 | 855 | 806 | 1661 | 6.4 |
Mexico/Central America | 52 | 55 | 107 | 662 | 256 | 918 | 8.6 |
Spanish South America | 68 | 63 | 131 | 801 | 340 | 1141 | 8.7 |
Brazil | 85 | 78 | 163 | 1079 | 416 | 1495 | 9.2 |
Total | 718 | 687 | 1405 | 8048 | 3249 | 11297 | Avg: 8 |
Nationalities | |||
---|---|---|---|
Country | % | ||
USA | 25% | ||
Brazilian | 10% | ||
Japanese | 6% | ||
British | 5% | ||
Australian | 3.5% | ||
Mexican | 3.5% | ||
Argentine | 3% | ||
French | 3% | ||
Italian | 3% | ||
Other | 38% |
Members by Age | ||
---|---|---|
Age | % | Number |
0-11 | 32% | 3615 |
12-15 | 14% | 1582 |
16-20 | 13% | 1469 |
21-29 | 12% | 1355 |
30s | 6% | 678 |
40s | 15% | 1694 |
50+ | 8% | 904 |
Total | 100% | 11297 |
Gender | |||
---|---|---|---|
Ages | Female | Male | |
0-11 | 48% (1735) | 52% (1880) | |
12-15 | ~50% (791) | ~50% (791) | |
16-20 | 52% (764) | 48% (705) | |
21-39 | 57% (1159) | 43% (874) | |
40+ | 47% (1221) | 53% (1377) | |
Total | 51% | 49% |
Generations | |||
---|---|---|---|
Group | % | Number | |
1st | 33% | 3688 | |
2nd & 3rd | 67% | 7609 | |
Total | 100% | 11297 |
When Member FGAs Joined | |||
---|---|---|---|
Decade | % | Number | |
1960s | 2.4% | 88 | |
1970s | 47.9% | 1765 | |
1980s | 22.3% | 824 | |
1990s | 23.0% | 848 | |
2000s | 4.4% | 163 | |
Total | 100% | 3688 |
2001 (September)
Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 8789 | 74% | |
FM | 3062 | 26% | |
Total | 11851 | 100% |
2000 (March)
Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 9426 | 75% | |
FM | 3066 | 25% | |
Total | 12492 | 100% |
1999 (June)
Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 10219 | 79% | |
FM | 2750 | 21% | |
Total | 12969 | 100% |
1998 (December)
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 807 | 61% | |
FM | 525 | 39% | |
Total | 1332 | 100% |
1997 (December)
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 757 | 57% | |
FM | 566 | 43% | |
Total | 1323 | 100% |
1996 (December)
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 660 | 55% | |
FM | 544 | 45% | |
Total | 1204 | 100% |
1995 (December)
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 564 | ~50% | |
FM | 556 | ~50% | |
Total | 1120 | 100% |
1994 (December)
Members | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 8690 | 69% | |
FM | 3958 | 31% | |
Total | 12648 | 100% |
Family Homes | |||
---|---|---|---|
Status | Number | % | |
CM | 276 | 33% | |
FM | 554 | 67% | |
Total | 830 | 100% |