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The '''Methodist Church in Ireland''' ([[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Methody Kirk in Airlann'',; {{Lang-ga|Eaglais Mheitidisteach in Éirinn}})<ref>[http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/UlsterScots.pdf 2001 Northern Irish census leaflet, Ulster-Scots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225223255/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/census/UlsterScots.pdf |date=25 February 2013 }} NI Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 5 October 2012.</ref> is a [[Wesleyan]] [[Methodism|Methodist]] church that operates across both [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Republic of Ireland]] on an all-[[Ireland]] basis. It is the fourth-largest Christian denomination in Northern Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/Theme.aspx?themeNumber=136&themeName=Census%202011|title=NINIS: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service}}</ref> The Irish Methodist Church has close links with the [[Methodist Church in Britain]].
 
For the year ending 31 December 2012, there were 105 Methodist ministers, 227 local preachers and over six hundred lay people in leadership positions serving over 200 congregations, which combine to form a total community of 49,394 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmethodist.org/membership-and-minister-statistics|title=Membership and Minister Statistics |website=www.irishmethodist.org }}</ref>{{update inline|date=January 2020}} The governing body of the Methodist Church in Ireland is the annual Conference.
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