Pawn Power
21st December 2008, 14:18
Church attendance 'to fall by 90%' (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/21/anglicanism-religion)
In one of the most holy weeks in the Christian calendar, a report says that in just over a generation the number of people attending Church of England Sunday services will fall to less than a tenth of what they are now.
Christian Research, the statistical arm of the Bible Society, claimed that by 2050 Sunday attendance will fall below 88,000, compared with just under a million now.
The article goes on to say
The controversial forecast, based on a snapshot" census of church attendances, has been seized upon by secular groups as proof that the established church is in decline. But the Church of England has rejected the figures, saying they were incomplete and ignored new ways of worshipping outside the church network.
New "ways of worshipping outside the chruch network"? Do they mean like shopping. :lol:
In one of the most holy weeks in the Christian calendar, a report says that in just over a generation the number of people attending Church of England Sunday services will fall to less than a tenth of what they are now.
Christian Research, the statistical arm of the Bible Society, claimed that by 2050 Sunday attendance will fall below 88,000, compared with just under a million now.
The article goes on to say
The controversial forecast, based on a snapshot" census of church attendances, has been seized upon by secular groups as proof that the established church is in decline. But the Church of England has rejected the figures, saying they were incomplete and ignored new ways of worshipping outside the church network.
New "ways of worshipping outside the chruch network"? Do they mean like shopping. :lol: