A.) The Method Used in the Trends Study

This study compares the church and population statistics seen in the last six editions of the Taiwan Church Handbook: 1995, 1997, 1999/2000, 2001/2002, 2003/2004, and 2005/2006 for all 359 geographic subdivisions of Taiwan.  The handbook is published every two years by the Christian Information Center, Taichung. (“xxxx年台閩地區基督教堂會, 宗派, 宣教機構一覽表”, 基督教資料中心發行 (台中)).