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Oct 17: Church of England Death Throes

Decline of Religion
The Established Church of England appears to be dying.

According to this report:

Only 1.1m people were part of its 'worshipping community' last year.
That number has fallen by three per cent since 2014. 
Almost a sixth of those – 182,000 people, most of whom were children – attended school services on an average week in October 2019.

The stats also show that:

On average, 854,000 people attended Church of England services and acts of worship each week in October 2019.
The number of people attending services on a usual Sunday fell below 700,000 for the first time, to 690,000.
Most of the church's key measures of attendance fell by between 15% and 20% from 2009 to 2019. This fitted within a pattern of decline in attendance at C of E church services over recent decades.

The number of C of E marriages, which was over 50,000 in 2012, fell below 30,000 in 2019.

Posted by roger in Decline of Religion

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