The Office of Research keeps membership and financial data online for 40,000 United Methodist Churches from 1974 to the present. It produces special studies on growing churches and trends in racial / ethnic churches. Custom reports that include charts and graphs for the past 10 years are available for all existing UM Churches. The Research Office also provides custom summaries for Annual Conferences and Districts. The sample data are for Wheaton Aldersgate United Methodist Church (Northern Illinois Conference).