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You are talking about Sunday attendance I assume? In which case with the greatest respect there is a little more to Church attendance let alone all the other ways people are involved in there churches than that.
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Church attendance is the only measure that we have of the size and growth rate of a xtian church, unless you can think of a more reliable indicator?
[I notice that you haven`t provided one!
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If you were to base it on actual church membership the figure would be even lower than 6%!
xtianity is in terminal decline and that is not a bad thing in my view.
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I am the first to recognise that regular Sunday attendance has fallen although it has held reasonbly steady since the Millenum.
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The millenium is only 7-8 years ago. You need to take a wider measure in time than that!
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By what do you classify COE by the way, are you just talking about what one might term a traditional anglican church or are you including the wider anglican community?
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I am referring to the churches collectively, not just the Church of England.
BBC NEWS | UK | Minorities prop up church-going
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I think with respect you ought to make these things clear before making bland statements like you have here.
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There was nothng
bland about the statement-it was a statement based purely on
fact.