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Anglicans Adrift

From the Guardian:

The Church of England has seen a drop in attendance for the fifth consecutive year despite increasing its efforts to woo people back to the pews.

The average weekly attendance in 2008 fell to 1.145 million from 1.16 million in 2007, while the average Sunday attendance fell from 978,000 in 2007 to 960,000 in 2008.

The statistics showed that fewer people went to church during religious festivals, notably Christmas and Easter, and that there were fewer weddings and blessings. But the average number of children and young people at services each week rose to 225,000, from 219,000 in 2007.

The leaders of the Anglican communion can't puzzle out what they believe in anymore on wide a range of issues, from the ethical to the theological, so why should the faithful, or anyone for that matter, place any stock in what they say? No wonder Rome opened her gates to the disaffected few.