The Episcopal Church grew in average Sunday attendance over the past ten years (Average Sunday Attendance, or "ASA", --rather than membership -- is the generally-accepted "real" number showing a congregation's numerical strength). That's good news. What may surprise you is where the growth came from: a new study by the Episcopal Church's statistics guru has reached this surprising conclusion: "The typical Episcopal congregation has average Sunday attendance of 80 persons. It is the typical Episcopal church that has been our primary source of growth during the last decade."
The author is Dr. Kirk Hadaway, director of research at the Episcopal Church Center. To read his important new article "Congregation Size and Church Growth in the Episcopal Church,"Click Here
The overall picture is, as you might expect, a little more complicated than this, and smaller congregations have many challenges (as we know). This is one of those "statistical" articles you ought read -- and I promise it's not just for people who like numbers.