Anglican Watch (AW) has been reviewing data relating to parochial report results, and we are increasingly confident that we have a good feel for the reports coming within the next few weeks. So, we will venture out on a limb and share our predictions for the data and related issues, including the burgeoning population of zombie churches. (More on Read More
Shortened version of a piece originally published by David Virtue on VirtueOnline. Dear Brothers and Sisters, If you have not been reading our church and diocesan statistics, you should. The Episcopal Church is rapidly declining at both the national and diocesan level. We have now dipped below 300,000 in average weekly attendance, and if things continue as they Read More
As churches struggle to find footing in what we hope are the waning days of the pandemic, Anglican Watch has been rummaging around the mountains of statistical data from the church. And while there are heaps and piles of data in all directions, we see trends that point to some dangerous omissions in annual report data. Specifically, many parishes are Read More
Reposted from 2021. The past 18 months have been rough, but for the Episcopal Church, things are about to get worse. Specifically, the results of the annual parochial reports are about to come out, and they won’t be pretty. And that’s not the worst of it—folks who left the church during the pandemic by and large won’t be Read More