RE: Will there be a church in the future?
January 15, 2013 at 12:18 pm
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2013 at 12:20 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
Church attendance in the UK is dropping decade upon decade.
The Methodist church for example, on current estimates, will be all but gone by 2030. The Anglican church now sees well under 10% of the population through its doors every Sunday, and even the Catholic church has suffered a major decline.
That said, Black christian churches have remained relatively stable, as have minority religions such as Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism.
I know some may "post evidence", but really, just take a look at the 2011 (2012) census results and compare to the ONS data from 2001 (2003). Or, failing that, just read the academic Steve Bruce who sums up all the various figures (posting all of it would take a lot of time, and I'm just taking a break from work
)
The Methodist church for example, on current estimates, will be all but gone by 2030. The Anglican church now sees well under 10% of the population through its doors every Sunday, and even the Catholic church has suffered a major decline.
That said, Black christian churches have remained relatively stable, as have minority religions such as Islam, Sikhism and Hinduism.
I know some may "post evidence", but really, just take a look at the 2011 (2012) census results and compare to the ONS data from 2001 (2003). Or, failing that, just read the academic Steve Bruce who sums up all the various figures (posting all of it would take a lot of time, and I'm just taking a break from work
)
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