Sunday attendance also drops to 760000 as decline continues in face of growing secularism,diversity and ageing congregationThe number of people attending Church of England services each week has for the first time dropped below 1 million – accounting for less than 2% of the population – with Sunday attendances falling to 760000.
The statistics, published on Tuesday, and reflect the C of E’s regular decline over recent decades in the face of growing secularism and religious diversity,and the ageing profile of its worshippers. Numbers attending church services maintain fallen by 12% in the past decade, to less than half the levels of the 1960s.
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Source: theguardian.com