MARKET STUDY COMPARISON

The United Methodist Church and the Boy Scouts of America	1981	1997
Number of United Methodist Churches	38,444	35,941
Number of UM Churches with a Scouting Ministry	7,462 (19%)	8,452 (24%)
Number of UM Churches with No Scouting	30,982 (81%)	27,489 (76%)
With only 1 of the 3 Scouting Program Divisions*	5,102 (68%)	3,714 (44%)
With 2 of the 3 Scouting Program Divisions*	2,303 (30%)	2,939 (35%)
With all Scouting Program Divisions*	157 (2%)	1,799 (21%)
With a Venturing Program** (Young Adults, 14-20)

* Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturing (formerly the Exploring Division)

** Venturing is the new name for the Exploring Division

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