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Key graphs and tables From Evidence to Action wwwfromevidencetoactionorguk From Evidence to Action wwwfromevidencetoactionorguk Context slow ongoing decline The average decline in Church attendance has been 13 per annum for the past few decades ID: 561504

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Slide1

From ‘Anecdote to Evidence’

‘Key graphs and tables’

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

Slide2

Context: slow ongoing decline?

The average decline in Church attendance has been 1.3% per annum for the past few decades

The average parish in the Church of England has 79 people attending

This means that an (average)

parish church has been losing one person per year

.

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Slide3

20 years ago

Today

1.3% decline per year

One person, per church, per year may not seem like much…

But

, over 20 years this means

a reduction of a

quarter of

attendees

:

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Slide4

Historic Trends

Average

Annual

Change (based on last 30 years)

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Slide5

Age Profile

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Slide6

C of E Age Profile Trend

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Slide7

Resource Strategy & Development Unit – National Church Institutions

Church of England Attendance Projections

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Slide8

Religious

affiliation by decade of birth, 1983-2011; change is between, not within, generations ...

 Source: British Social Attitudes survey 1983-2011

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Slide9

Religious

affiliation by year of birth

Among the old, 1 in 2 are C of E; among the young, 1 in 20

Source: British Social Attitudes survey 1983-2010, pooledSlide10

Monthly or more frequent attendance for Anglicans by year of birth (%)Slide11

1983-86

2008-11

Once a week or more

7.3

8.6

Once every two weeks

2.82.6

Once a month7.27.2

Twice a year17.8

14.3

Once a year

10.2

8.7

Less often

9.2

7.2

Never or practically never

45.0

50.5

Varies too much to say

0.6

0.9

Total

100.0

100.0

N

3,201

3,388

Frequency of attendance for self-identified Anglicans in Great Britain

Source: British Social Attitudes survey

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

Slide12

Belief in God among old and young (%)

Source: British Social Attitudes survey

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

Slide13

Christians as a percentage of the population

Source: England and Wales, 2011

census

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

Slide14

Churches with young people are twice as likely to be growing

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk

From Evidence to Action www.fromevidencetoaction.org.uk