A report by the Standing Commission on the Mission and Evangelism of the Episcopal Church noted bleakly: "The statistics grow more alarming with each year...In 1965, we confirmed 128,000 people. In 2001, we confirmed only 34,000. Our total Sunday average attendance has plunged in the last five years: from 765,326 to 657,831 in 2010. If we wonder about the cause of the decline, we have to pay attention to the degree to which our membership has drifted further and further from the mainstream of America. Increasingly we serve as a niche church for a shrinking segment of the American population."
From Murchison (see post below)
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