THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Latest Statistics Show Continued Denominational Decline
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Latest Statistics Show Continued Denominational Decline
TEC will be out of business in 26 years figures reveal
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
October 22, 2011
2010 attendance figures for the Episcopal Church reveal a denomination in steep decline.
Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) in 2009 was 682,963. In 2010, ASA was 657,831, a decrease of 25,132.
The 10-year change in attendance has seen a decrease of 23%. 57% of all churches have lost more than 10% of their attendees in the last 5 years.
Median attendance per church has gone from 72 in 2006 to 65 in 2010, pushing many more churches below the threshold of the required number of attendees to support running a parish and to pay clergy.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
TEC will be out of business in 26 years figures reveal
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
October 22, 2011
2010 attendance figures for the Episcopal Church reveal a denomination in steep decline.Average Sunday Attendance (ASA) in 2009 was 682,963. In 2010, ASA was 657,831, a decrease of 25,132.
The 10-year change in attendance has seen a decrease of 23%. 57% of all churches have lost more than 10% of their attendees in the last 5 years.
Median attendance per church has gone from 72 in 2006 to 65 in 2010, pushing many more churches below the threshold of the required number of attendees to support running a parish and to pay clergy.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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