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Episcopal Church
Attendance Continues Steep Decline
10 December 2004
By David Virtue (Virtueonline.org)
Attendance statistics
for the Episcopal Church USA in 2003 reveal a church in continued
steep decline with nearly 36,000 active baptized members leaving
for greener theological pastures, a significant drop from 8,000
in 2002. Another 24,000 Sunday worshippers left ECUSA last year,
more than twice the previous year. In 2002 the church claimed
a membership of 2,320,221. In 2003 it was down to 2,284,233, the
church officially declared. Some 85 parishes closed their doors
- 7,305 in 2002 to 7,220 in 2003.
Full story:
Virtueonline.org
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