1. Census for England and Wales British Social Attitudes Survey
2001
2011
% Change
Christian
71.7%
59.3%
-12.4%
No religion
14.8%
25.1%
+10.3%
British Social Attitudes Survey
1983
2014
% Change
No religion
31.4%
48.5%
+17.1%
Christian
65.2%
43.8%
-21.4%

2. Anglicans
1983
2014
44.5%
19.0%

3. ALL CHURCHES 5,694,300 5,436,497 -7% 5,036,945 2008 % change 2008-2013
Denomination
2008
% change
2013
% change
2020 est
Anglican
1,436,329
-5%
1,362,855
-9%
1,241,695
Baptist
208,488
189,152
-8%
174,873
Catholic
1,611,954
-13%
1,399,942
-19%
1,128,800
Independent
232,281
+3%
239,709
+4%
249,273
Methodist
270,832
-15%
231,357
-24%
176,160
New churches
195,993
+9%
212,911
+10%
234,155
Orthodox
390,659
+19%
464,194
+11%
514,585
Pentecostal
358,370
+21%
432,687
+25%
541,954
Presbyterian
814,669
-20%
649,067
-30%
455,367
Smaller groups
155,425
+18%
182,723
+16%
211,883
Fresh expressions
19,300
+273%
71,900
+50%
108,200
ALL CHURCHES
5,694,300
5,436,497
-7%
5,036,945

4. London 2005 2012 620,000 720,000 300 1,000 Church attendance 2005-2012
Churches closing
Churches opening
300
1,000

5. Anglicans over 70
50%
Anglicans 16-25 5%
Babies christened
1950
2011
in an Anglican church
67%
12%

6. Immigrant assisted growth 2008-2013
The Patriarchate of Romania (18,000; +233%)
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (15,000; +27%)
The Armenian Orthodox Church (16,000; + 44%)
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (62,000; +64%)
Smaller African and Caribbean Churches (20,000; +19%)
Other smaller Pentecostal Churches (26,000; +27%)
The Seventh-Day Adventists (28,000; +21%)
Lutheran Churches in total (27,000; +24%)

7. Greatest decline
The Church in Wales (66,000; -17%)
The Scottish Episcopal Church (38,000; -16%)
The Baptist Union of Wales (15,000; -16%)
The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland (186,000; -18%)
The Roman Catholic Church in N Ireland (478,000; -20%)
The Union of Welsh Independents (30,000; -23%)
The Methodist Church of Great Britain (252,000; -15%)
The Presbyterian Church of Wales (29,000; -18%)
The Church of Scotland (475,000; -29%)

8. The widely reported decline in Christianity, is actually a decline in nominalism.
Only 50% of clergy from declining churches agreed it was “very important to encourage non-Christians to become Christians”, compared to 100% of clergy from growing churches.
71% of clergy from growing churches read the Bible daily compared with 19% from declining churches.
46% of people attending growing churches read the Bible once a week compared with 26% from declining churches.
93% of clergy and 83% of worshippers from growing churches agreed with the statement “Jesus rose from the dead with a real flesh-and-blood body leaving behind an empty tomb”. This compared with 67% of worshippers and 56% of clergy from declining churches.

9. The British situation is unique, neither American nor European.
The widely reported decline in Christianity, is actually a decline in nominalism.
The British situation is unique, neither American nor European.

10. The widely reported decline in Christianity, is actually a decline in nominalism.
The British situation is unique, neither American nor European.
The rapid growth in secularism is accompanied by a rapid growth in ‘spirituality’.

11. The place of privacy and the place of community.
The widely reported decline in Christianity, is actually a decline in nominalism.
The British situation is unique, neither American nor European.
The rapid growth in secularism is accompanied by a rapid growth in ‘spirituality’.
The place of privacy and the place of community.

12. Build multi-cultural churches.

13. Build multi-cultural churches.
Think strategically.

14. Consider bi-vocational ministry.
Build multi-cultural churches.
Think strategically.
Consider bi-vocational ministry.

15. Revitalise where appropriate.
Build multi-cultural churches.
Think strategically.
Consider bi-vocational ministry.
Revitalise where appropriate.