Category Archives: News from religious organisations

Lutheran Membership

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Lutheran World Federation has recently released statistics of Lutheran membership in 2009. You will find them at: http://www.lutheranworld.org/LWF_Documents/LWF-Statistics-2009.pdf The global Lutheran community numbered 73,758,000 in 2009, compared with 71,974,000 in 2008, an increase of 2.5 per cent. Of this … Continue reading →

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Scottish Jewry in Decline

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The current issue (19 March 2010, pp. 4-5) of the Jewish Chronicle includes a two-page feature by its political editor, Martin Bright, on the decline of the Scottish Jewish community, from 18,000 in the 1950s to 10,000 today. The overwhelming … Continue reading →

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Who’s for Alpha?

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The March-June 2010 issue of the UK edition of Alpha News, the thrice-yearly print newspaper of the Alpha course, reports some headline findings about public perceptions of Alpha from an Ipsos MORI poll conducted among a representative sample of 1,997 … Continue reading →

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Jews and the 2011 Census

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Jewish Chronicle of 5 March 2010 reports that, following a lengthy process of consultation with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has agreed to make … Continue reading →

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Profile of Roman Catholic Youth in England and Wales

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Catholic Youth Ministry Federation (CYMFed) has recently launched a preliminary report on the beliefs, practices and attitudes of Roman Catholic young people in England and Wales during the course of its first national congress, held in London on 27 … Continue reading →

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Examination Performance of Muslim Schools

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The current issue (No. 250, 26 February 2010) of The Muslim News, the independent monthly newspaper for Muslims in the UK, features a league table of the 2009 GCSE (and equivalent) examination performance of 1,683 students attending 63 Muslim schools … Continue reading →

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Jewish Emigration from the United Kingdom to Israel

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced that the number of United Kingdom Jews emigrating to Israel, or making Aliyah, in 2009 was, at 853, the highest recorded figure in 26 years and 37 per cent above the 2008 level. … Continue reading →

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Baptist Union Statistics, 2002-08

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Headline findings from the Baptist Union of Great Britain’s latest statistical returns are featured on the front page of the current issue of the Baptist Times (dated 19 February 2010). The results, which cover the years 2002-08 are mixed. Hence … Continue reading →

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Church in Wales Schools

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Church Times for 12 February included a feature by Edwin Counsell on the Church in Wales’ 168 primary and four secondary schools. This highlighted the work of the Church in Wales Education Review, which has recently been completed after … Continue reading →

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News from Christian Research

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 18 January the Bible Society announced changes to its leadership team, one of which was the appointment of Stuart Rivers as Executive Director of Enterprises. He previously worked for Ericsson and, for the past four years, as an officer … Continue reading →

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