The Living Church Magazine reports in its July 10, 2005 issue that the estimated average Sunday attendance in the Episcopal Church was down by 3.2 percent.
According to the article, this represents "19,268 fewer people attending each week among the 5,222 churches" who had submitted their 2004 parochial reports.
The magazine based its reporting on a presentation by Charles Fulton, national condev officer, to the June meeting of Executive Council. The magazine reports that "the decline does not appear to be primarily linked to fallout from the actions of the 2003 General Convention, but rather a society that is distancing itself from institutional religion."
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Posted by mbarlowe at July 19, 2005 09:26 AM