Kirk Hadaway and Matthew Price’s presentation made to TEC’s Executive Council Yesterday
Broader Measures of Church Vitality
To get a broad-based sense of congregational vitality, we have used a number of measurements including church school enrollment, marriages, funerals, child baptisms, adult baptisms, and confirmations. These speak to a parish's integration in the community and the possibility for future growth:
Do take the time to read and consider it all (please note that this is a zip file which you may open on your computer as a 42 page pdf).
To get a broad-based sense of congregational vitality, we have used a number of measurements including church school enrollment, marriages, funerals, child baptisms, adult baptisms, and confirmations. These speak to a parish's integration in the community and the possibility for future growth:
Change in church school enrollment: -33%While these numbers may not capture the totality of what is happening in the Church, we do not have a measure that is moving in a positive direction.
Change in number of marriages performed: -41%
Change in number of burials/funerals: -21%
Change in the number of child baptisms: -36%
Change in the number of adult baptisms: -40%
Change in the number of confirmations: -32%
Do take the time to read and consider it all (please note that this is a zip file which you may open on your computer as a 42 page pdf).
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