Posted on 04/10/2023 6:27:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
More than one in four Anglican churches are no longer holding regular Sunday services, a report reveals.
Over one-quarter of all Churches within the Church of England are no longer holding regular Sunday services according to data released by authorities within the Christian denomination.
It is the latest piece of evidence pointing to the decline of Anglicanism in Britain, with a number of more Conservative churches mainly in Africa now in schism with the English church over its decision to start blessing gay marriages.
According to a report seen by The Times, the denomination now appears to be struggling to properly man its churches, with roughly 26 per cent of them reportedly failing to hold Sunday masses regularly.
Rising from 19 per cent before the pandemic, the study has reportedly blamed the lack of regular services on a shortage of ministers, as well as a general malaise that now appears to be impacting those heavily involved with the organisation’s activities.
The impact of lockdown is also seen as being a contributing factor to the decline, with many establishments still reportedly holding services online.
“Personal exhaustion, reduced volunteer energy, the added online dimension, damaged church finances and disrupted church communities can make it hard to rebuild and develop every aspect of church life,” the report said.
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Well, I guess they just haven’t been welcoming/inclusive enough. Their next perversion will have to really be something to even stand out.
God bless Africa for keeping the Faith. Same thing going on in Methodism.
Two of my clients that were on the staff of then Congressman Roger Wicker, quit Wicker when he became Senator and became missionaries in England because there were so many churches that had no congregation and Christianity was waning. It is a sad state of affairs in England where Christianity is becoming rare and infrequent.
I lived there in to 90’s.
Christianity was mocked and ridiculed in the media and public.
I knew they were about a decade ahead of us.
The whole gay trans thing killed the Anglican Church.
The Catholic Church is the last bastion.
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