Bruce Feiler - Where God Was Born, Abraham, Walking The Bible

No Church, Please, We're British
Wednesday, April 4, 2007

How low can church attendance go? Really low. I wonder when this God gap between the U.S. and Britain will begin to affect our "special relationship?"

One in 10 people in the UK attends church every week and one in seven goes once a month, according to research.
Christian charity Tearfund's survey of 7,000 people puts the UK among Europe's four least observant countries. Two-thirds of those polled had not been to church in the last year, except for baptisms, weddings or funerals - but 53% identified themselves as Christian.
Tearfund said nearly three million more people would attend regularly if given the "right invitation".

It said churches could do more to offer encouragement to potential worshippers. The poll, conducted last year among people aged 16 and over, suggests that one in four UK adults attends church at least once a year.
Tearfund said 53% of people identified themselves as Christian, compared with almost three-quarters who had in the last census in 2001.

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