C of E attendance/affiliation at record low

[Shaker]

https://tinyurl.com/y76vz3vb

The Church of England is facing a generational catastrophe with only 2% of young adults identifying with it, while seven out of 10 under-24s say they have no religion, research reveals.

C of E affiliation is at a record low among all age groups, and has halved since 2002, according to the British Social Attitudes survey. Far fewer actually attend church services on a regular basis.

Meanwhile, the trend towards a secular society has increased over recent years. The BSA survey found that 52% of people had no religion in 2017 compared with 41% in 2002.

[Gordon]

A similar exercise in Scotland last year showed similar results - organised Christianity is on the slide and is already a minority interest.

For ever increasing numbers of us it is an irrelevance, although the likes of the BBC still seem to assume that what some professional clerics say now and then is still authoritative and of general interest: and it is neither to me, and for the most part we can live our lives without reference to religion except when likes of the privilege afforded to religion becomes evident (like the default role of the CofE in the HoL).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40467084   

[ippy]

These falling attendances give new relevance to me when I go knocking on doors and having to ask the residents, 'Have you heard the bad news'?

ippy