From ‘Anecdote to Evidence’ ‘Key graphs and tables’ From Evidence to Action

Context: slow ongoing decline? The average decline in Church attendance has been 1.3% per annum for the past few decades The average parish in the Church of England has 79 people attending This means that an (average) parish church has been losing one person per year. From Evidence to Action

20 years agoToday 1.3% decline per year One person, per church, per year may not seem like much… But, over 20 years this means a reduction of a quarter of attendees: From Evidence to Action

Historic Trends Average Annual Change (based on last 30 years) From Evidence to Action

Age Profile From Evidence to Action

C of E Age Profile Trend From Evidence to Action

Resource Strategy & Development Unit – National Church Institutions Church of England Attendance Projections From Evidence to Action

Religious affiliation by decade of birth, ; change is between, not within, generations... Source: British Social Attitudes survey From Evidence to Action

Religious affiliation by year of birth Among the old, 1 in 2 are C of E; among the young, 1 in 20 Source: British Social Attitudes survey , pooled

Monthly or more frequent attendance for Anglicans by year of birth (%)

Once a week or more Once every two weeks Once a month7.2 Twice a year Once a year Less often Never or practically never Varies too much to say Total100.0 N3,2013,388 Frequency of attendance for self-identified Anglicans in Great Britain Source: British Social Attitudes survey From Evidence to Action

Belief in God among old and young (%) Source: British Social Attitudes survey From Evidence to Action

Christians as a percentage of the population Source: England and Wales, 2011 census From Evidence to Action

Churches with young people are twice as likely to be growing From Evidence to Action