The latest official statistics released by the Church of England
show that attendances at its services continue to rapidly decline:
* Average Sunday attendance fell by two per cent to 988,000.
(2004: 1,010,000; 2003: 1,017,000).
* Average weekly attendance fell by one per cent to 1,169,000, following
no change last year. (2004: 1,186,000; 2003: 1,187,000).
* Average monthly attendance fell by one per cent to 1,694,000,
following a minimum reduction last year. (2004: 1,707,000; 2003:
1,704,000).
* The average number of children and young people at services weekly
fell by one per cent to 231,000, reversing some of the two per cent
rise last year. (2004: 235,000; 2003: 230,000).
NSS January 2007