<prompt> I-UMC yaba namalungu angaphezu kwezigidi eziyishumi nini, ngesikhathi isungulwa noma ngo-1975? Njengoba kunikezwe umbuzo odlule, bhala umongo onempendulo yawo. Kungaba imisho engu-1 kuya kwengu-20. Umongo:  <response>: Njengezinye izinkolo eziningi eziyinhloko zamaProthestani e-United States, i-United Methodist Church iye yalahlekelwa amalungu ayo ngokuphawulekayo emashumini eminyaka amuva nje. Ngesikhathi kusungulwa i-UMC, yayinamalungu angaba yizigidi ezingu-11 emabandleni acishe abe ngu-42.000. Ngo-1975, amalungu ehla ngaphansi kwezigidi eziyishumi ngokokuqala ngqá. Ngo - 2005, kwakunamalungu angaba yizigidi ezingu - 8 emabandleni angaphezu kuka - 34 000. Amalungu agxile ikakhulukazi eMidwest naseNingizimu. ITexas inenani elikhulu kunawo wonke lamalungu, cishe ayisigidi. Izifundazwe ezinenani eliphakeme kakhulu lamalungu yi-Oklahoma, i-Iowa, iMississippi, iNtshonalanga Virginia, neNyakatho Carolina. 