church decline

Bishop Joey Royal: “The main problem with the ACoC it that for decades it has been ‘reimagining’ itself into the image of the prevailing culture, and not the gospel. More ‘reimagining’ will only make it worse.”

This review discusses suicide. P.D. James’s dystopian novel, The Children of Men, describes an unnerving world in which humanity suddenly and collectively loses the ability...

In 2000, I made a presentation in the Diocese of Texas on the importance of the 20/20 movement for the future of the Episcopal...

COVID was bad for the Church of England. And new data show just how bad. Overall, the church lost one in five of its...

By David Goodhew The Episcopal Church has been in decline for some years. So what is the impact of COVID? New data for 2021 has...

By David Goodhew The membership of the Episcopal Church (TEC) has halved since 1970. During the same period, the Anglican Communion’s combined membership has doubled....

A Response to Scott MacDougall On November 30, House of Deputies theologian Scott MacDougall published “The Church Is Not Dying, It Is Changing: A Message...

Average Sunday attendance (ASA) just stopped being the gold standard of church size.

By David Goodhew Whither the Church of England (C of E)? The numbers make bleak reading, for the most part. Take the diocese of Bath...

The Rt. Rev. Shannon MacVean-Brown, Bishop of Vermont, said in a July 21 pastoral letter that her diocese is facing serious financial shortfalls in the near future. Despite relatively healthy budgets in recent years, the diocese is considering various options to ensure future financial sustainability in the face of declining revenue from shrinking congregations.