Church contacts with children and young people under 21 (1973)

Type of Data: Church contacts with children and young people under 21 (1973)

Faith Community: Christianity (Church of England)

Date: 1986, February-1987, July

Geography: England

Sample Size: 7157 (70% response)

Population: Church of England churches and worship centres

Keywords: Baptism, bell-ringing, catechism, children, choirs, church attendance, churchgoing, churchmanship, Church of England, Church Pastoral Aid Society, confirmation, evangelism, Girls' Friendly Society, guides, parent and toddler groups, playgroups, scouts, servers, Sunday school, uniformed groups, young people, youth clubs

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Culham College Institute for Church Related Education

Sponsor: Church of England Board of Education and National Conference of Religious Education Advisers and Children's Work Officers

Published Source:

Children in the Way: New Directions for the Church's Children - A Report from the General Synod Board of Education, London: National Society, 1988, pp. 79-89

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'The Impact of Church Schools on Village Church Life', Educational Studies, Vol. 16, 1990, pp. 117-29 and Christian Perspectives on Church Schools: A Reader, eds. Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, Leominster: Gracewing, 1993, pp. 474-87

David W. Lankshear and Leslie John Francis, 'The Use of the Revised Catechism in Anglican Churches', British Journal of Religious Education, Vol. 13, 1990-91, pp. 95-100

All God's Children? Children's Evangelism in Crisis - A Report from the General Synod Board of Education and Board of Mission, London: National Society, 1991

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, Continuing in the Way: Children, Young People and the Church, London: National Society, 1991

David W. Lankshear and Leslie John Francis, Diocesan Profiles: Statistics on Children, Young People and the Church of England, London: National Society, 1991

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Faith in the Isle of Wight: A Profile of Rural Anglicanism', Contact, No. 105, 1991, pp. 28-33

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Shared Pilgrimage: The Impact of Children's Work on Adult Church Membership', Journal of Empirical Theology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1991, pp. 24-31

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'The Impact of Church Schools on Urban Church Life', School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vol. 2, 1991, pp. 324-35

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Do Small Churches Hold a Future for Children and Young People?', Modern Churchman, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1991, pp. 15-19

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'The Rural Rectory: The Impact of a Resident Priest on Local Church Life', Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 8, 1992, pp. 97-103

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'The Impact of Children's Work on Village Church Life', Spectrum, Vol. 24, No. 1, Spring 1992, pp. 35-45

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Ageing Clergy and the Rural Church', PSIGE Newsletter, No. 42, March-April 1992, pp. 12-19

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Church Provision for Pre-School Children: Impact on Urban Church Life', Research in Education, No. 48, November 1992, pp. 55-64

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'Ageing Anglican Clergy and Performance Indicators in the Rural Church, Compared with the Suburban Church', Ageing and Society, Vol. 13, 1993, pp. 339-63

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, In the Evangelical Way: Children, Young People and the Church in Evangelical Parishes of the Church of England, London: National Society, 1995

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, In the Catholic Way: Children, Young People and the Church in Catholic Parishes of the Church of England, London: National Society, 1995

Leslie John Francis and David W. Lankshear, 'The Comparative Strength of Evangelical and Catholic Anglican Churches in England', Journal of Empirical Theology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1996, pp. 5-22

Leslie John Francis, Susan H. Jones and David W. Lankshear, 'Baptism Policy and Church Growth in Church of England Rural, Urban and Suburban Parishes', Modern Believing, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1996, pp. 11-24

Leslie John Francis, David W. Lankshear and Susan H. Jones, 'Evangelical Identity Among Young People: A Comparative Study in Empirical Theology', Anvil, Vol. 15, 1998, pp. 255-69

Leslie John Francis, David W. Lankshear and Susan H. Jones, 'The Influence of the Charismatic Movement on Local Church Life: A Comparative Study Among Anglican Rural, Urban and Suburban Churches', Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 15, 2000, pp. 121-30

BRIN ID: 1973

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Posted by: Clive D. Field

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