When they ceased being Christian then Christians stopped going.
The good news: Roman Catholicism is now the dominant religion in Scotland.
The bad news: That’s because they’re all bloody atheists.
Why believe in a church that doesn’t believe in God?
Compare it to its American counterpart, PCUSA.
There, 21% of the churches have 25 or fewer members.
over 32% of the members are 75 years old or older.
Membership in 2022 was 1,140,665. In 2008 it was 2,313,662. So they lost over half their members in 14 years.
Sources:
https://www.pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/2008-comp-sum.pdf
https://pcusa.org/site_media/media/uploads/oga/pdf/statistics/2022_stats_comparativesummaries.pdf
From what I’ve heard, they’ve gone woke. Are Christians going to different churches, or are they falling away altogether? I have an online q copy of the Book of Common Prayer for the Scottish Episcopalian Church from 1912. It is completely Scriptural and altogether lovely. I don’t know what newer versions are like, but I’m willing to bet they’ve strayed far from Scripture.