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United Methodist Church membership and attendance are slightly down again in 2004, according to a new report.

Officials of the largest mainline denomination said that membership dropped .81 percent, to a little more than 8 million, and attendance fell .96 percent. It marked the 36th consecutive decline since the denomination merged in 1968 with the smaller Evangelical United Brethren Church.

A new analysis by the Gallup Organization finds that Churches of Christ members and Mormons are most likely to attend worship services often, according to questions asked of those members between 2002 and 2005.

Pollsters found that 68 percent of Churches of Christ members said they attend services at least once a week or almost every week, followed by 67 percent of Mormons who said they followed the same practice.