Guardian - The scale of the Church of England’s atrophy has been starkly set out by figures presented to its general assembly that show church attendance will continue to fall for the next 30 years.
Previously, the church predicted that its decline in numbers was likely to continue for another five years before recovering.
But John Spence, the C of E’s finance chief, said that the decline was expected to continue for another three decades, with today’s figures of 18 people per 1,000 regularly attending church falling to 10 per 1,000. An 81-year-old was eight times more likely to attend church than a 21-year-old, he said.
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