The 30000 plus number in 1998 has probably grown to over 100000 and is prima facie evidence of the disorganized state of confusion in the evangelical landscape.
This disunity as attested to by the statistic only serves to highlight the absurdity of self interpretation. The number will be forced fed until you can provide probative evidence to refute it. You can't since the static is valid
Sorry but no of your private interpretation mumbo jumbo allowed here
Need I remind you that you admitted that:
There are some secular non profit entities listed but while perusing pages years ago I noticed that the protestant churches are quite evident on randomly selected pages I made from several volumes. To obtain a number the entity must furnish and update their information some of which informs the reader of religious affiliation. I did not look at the documentation so I can not categorically state that there was not some affiliation between each entry. That would take a lifetime of research.?
So either you stated falsely when you said that, or you are speaking falsely now, which is it?