Category Archives: Rites of Passage

Latest Anglican Mission Statistics and Other News

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Church of England mission statistics The Research and Statistics Department of the Church of England published Statistics for Mission, 2012 on 21 March 2014. The report extends to 65 pages and includes 25 tables and 42 figures, with data disaggregated … Continue reading →

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Anglican Church Growth and Other News

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Anglican church growth The Church of England’s ambitious 18-month research programme into numerical church growth, sponsored by the Spending Plans Task Group accountable to the Archbishops’ Council and Church Commissioners, is nearing its end, and findings are beginning to be … Continue reading →

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Portrait of Catholics and Other News

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Clive D. Field

This week’s post contains five religious statistical stories, leading on a major new survey of Roman Catholic religious practice and values. Portrait of Catholics Results from one of the most extensive surveys of Roman Catholic opinion for many years were … Continue reading →

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From St George to Prince George

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Prince George and St George both feature in today’s round-up of religious statistical news, which contains five items. Prince George’s christening The private christening ceremony for His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, which took place yesterday (23 October 2013), … Continue reading →

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Discrimination, Identity, and Other News

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The eight stories in today’s post feature a range of topics, but religious discrimination and religious identity especially stand out. It should be noted that the latest statistical bulletin for the Government’s Integrated Household Survey, covering the calendar year 2012 … Continue reading →

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Religious Marriages and Other News

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Seven new sources of British religious statistics feature in today’s bulletin, leading with the latest set of official annual figures on the mode of solemnization of marriages in England and Wales. Marriages (England and Wales), 2011 The number of marriages … Continue reading →

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2011 Anglican Statistics and Other News

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Clive D. Field

As usual, there has been a lot of media interest today in the latest (2011) Statistics for Mission of the Church of England. They are always seen as something of a barometer of the spiritual state of England, and so … Continue reading →

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2011 Census – Searching for Explanations

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The general direction of travel revealed by the 2011 census results for religion in England and Wales, published on 11 December 2012, in relation to those for 2001 (when the question was first asked) came as no surprise. However, many … Continue reading →

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Church Statistics, 2010-11

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Church Statistics, 2010/11 (ISBN 978-0-9564659-2-4), the annual digest of data about the Church of England compiled by the Research and Statistics Department of the Archbishops’ Council, was published on 25 June 2012 and is available at: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1477827/2010_11churchstatistics.pdf It comprises 34 … Continue reading →

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Britain’s Jewish Community Statistics, 2010

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Britain’s Jewish community, long in decline, may ‘very probably’ be experiencing natural increase, and much of this growth may be due to Strictly Orthodox Jews, who now (conservatively) account for more than two-fifths of Jewish births. This is according to … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Rites of Passage

Latest Anglican Mission Statistics and Other News

From St George to Prince George

Discrimination, Identity, and Other News

Religious Marriages and Other News

2011 Anglican Statistics and Other News

2011 Census – Searching for Explanations

Church Statistics, 2010-11

Britain’s Jewish Community Statistics, 2010

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