1. Facts and stats about the Church of England

2. 16,000 churches (12,500 are of listed heritage)*44
dioces es
13,000 parishes
16,000 churches (12,500 are of listed heritage)*
Caring for 52 million people across England and Europe
*Currently 15 church buildings are being offered for community use each year

3. Average weekly attendance 2009
1.1m people each week
801k adults each Sunday
145k children each Sunday
79k children mid week
107k adults mid week

4. Christmas and Easter 2009 960,000 communicants on 2,420,000 attendance
Christmas Day/Eve
Christmas and Easter 2009
1,410,000 attendance
1,020,000 communicants on
Easter Day/Eve

5. Occasional offices 2009 53,000 marriages 4,000 blessings
138,000 baptisms
6,000 thanksgivings
53,000 marriages
4,000 blessings
177,000 funerals at churches and crematoria/cemeteries
25,000 confirmations

6. Church of England Schools 2011
Primary schools
4,400 schools
780,000 pupils
Secondary schools
205 schools
182,000 pupils

7. Volunteering Over 50,000 people support parish church administration
Based on each PCC requiring a secretary, treasurer and two church wardens
Over 100,000 people work with children and young people as volunteers
Over 10,000 people work as volunteer ministers and a further 8,000 active retired clergy and readers continue to serve the church, alongside a number of volunteer chaplains

8. Church of England licensed ministers 2010
Licensed stipendiary clergy
8,501
Licensed self-supporting clergy
3,151
Chaplains and other ministries
1,598
Licensed layworkers and lay Church Army evangelists
289
Active retired ordained
5,674
Licensed Readers
7,172
Readers with permission to officiate and active emeriti
2,713
Totals CHURCH OF ENGLAND
29,092

9. Stipendiary clergy projections

10. Age profiles of stipendiary clergy

11. Age profiles of licensed ministers 2010

12. Diocesan clergy 2010: gender

13. Paid Chaplains 2010

14. Clergy ethnicity, 2010

15. Clergy ethnicity 2005 and 2010

16. Ordination of women resolutions and petitions (1 Jan 2011)
6% resolution A
7% resolution B
3% petition for extended episcopal ministry

17. Church of England core congregations 2007
Two in three
attending adults
are female
The average age of core congregation members is 61yrs
95% of core congregation members responding to the survey attended once a month or more frequently

18. Church of England core congregations 2007

19. Giving 1999 to 2009

20. Weekly average tax efficient planned giving per subscriber

21. Growth in income and expenditure