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Evangelical Presbyterian, Anglican and Baptist churches are active in outreach into local communities, where only about 10 per cent of Australians attend churches regularly.
Church	Evangelical Times - June 2004



Four out of 10 British people think that local churches should receive funding from the state through central taxation, according to a recent survey by the Opinion Research Bureau (ORB). One in six (16 per cent) also believe that local taxes ought to contribute to the Church's costs, meaning that over half believe that taxation of some kind ought to bear some of the Church's costs. Young adults as well as older ones, Christians, those of other faiths and no faith all feel similarly. The survey of 1,004 adults also showed that nine out of ten people had been into a church or place of worship in the last year. It was carried out for the Church of England, but was about the use of churches across all denominations.
Church	The Baptist Times - 29th April 2004



More than 250,000 cities, towns and villages in Europe have no Christian church. There are 450 million people in the expanded EU - and more than 700 million on the European mainland. Up to 7,000 people leave Europe's established churches each week. In 1999, the French government passed an anti-cult law officially labelling evangelical groups as cults and sects. Countries like Germany and Switzerland are following their lead, In the UK 87,000 people leave the Anglican Church each year. Out of 37,000 churches in England, 32,000 have 100 or fewer members and 54 per cent have no teenagers. In Germany, the number of Protestants has shrunk from 47 million to 23 million in the last 50 years. Of those, only 3 per cent attend Sunday services regularly. In Spain's population of 30 million people, only 0.01 per cent are born again Christians. In Portugal, 52 counties, representing 10 per cent of the population, have no evangelical church. Over the past 20 years, church membership amoung youth has dropped in seven out of the 12 countries in the EU prior to enlargement (May 2004). Young Christians in Western Europe believe more in God, in spirituality and in life after death than they did 20 years ago but fewer are turning to the church and to religious establishments for answers. There are one million Muslims in Britain, and 1,000 mosques with plans to add another 200 in coming years. France has two million Muslims, and Germany 2.5 million.
Church	Next Wave International - May 2004



Currently only five per cent of 10-14 year olds in England attend church on a Sunday, and the Church is losing 1,000 so called tweenagers per week.
Church	The Baptist Times - 20th May 2004



The Salvation Army has many opportunities. Here are a few of the major ones: It is a Top Ten UK charity. It has a £200 million annual budget, which represents a doubling in under ten years. However, for all that, as a membership organisation is the Salvation Army punching well above its weight, bearing in mind the majority of UK corps have fewer than 50 members.
Church	The Salvationist - 8th May 2004



According to a recent analysis of church going in Britain, by 2030 AD there will be no men left in church. That may be a bit drastic, but the fact is, men are not coming to church anymore.
Church	The Plain Truth - April / May 2002



The consecration of (the openly gay) Gene Robinson as Bishop of Hampshire has heightened fears of schism within the Anglican communion...... the consecration of a bishop who divorced his wife and separated from his children and is now living as a non-celibate homosexual, clearly demonstrates that authorities within the Episcopal Church of the US consider that their cultural based agenda is of far greater importance than obedience to the word of God.
Church	Triple Helix - Winter 2004



Records during the reign of Mary 1st show that married clergy were deprived of their livelihood; in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, 25 per cent and in Yorkshire 10 per cent, although 3 of the clergy in the city of York preferred to renounce their wives in favour of keeping their position.
Church	The Herald - May 2004



A survey carried out by Christian Research for the Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS), found that only 31 per cent of the interviewed churches had an established recruitment policy, with only 34 per cent taking up written references before appointing workers.
Church	Baptist Times - 1st April 2004



The 1996 Australian National Church Life Survey found that out of the 4,000 senior leaders surveyed, burnout was not an issue for 21 per cent, while it was for 19 per cent and extremely so for 4 per cent, with the remaining 56 per cent borderline. 12 per cent of them felt high or very high levels of stress, 11 per cent felt they were not the right person for the job in their congregation and 12 per cent often or very often thought of leaving the ministry.
Church	Evangelicals now - May 2004



rom the book, "The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation 1800-2000 By Callum G. Brown" It was found; The strongest church growth since the mid-nineteenth century occurred in the 1940s and 1950s, when attendances at Billy Graham's Glasgow rallies in 1954 represented some 73.7 per cent of the city's population. Brown therefore re-brands Britain between 1800 and 1963 as a highly religious nation. During 1963-64, the lyrics of each of the 49 songs copyrighted by the Beatles discussed romantic love. By 1967, a mere 5 per cent of their new songs discussed it. Romantic love had been replaced by themes addressing drugs, nihilism, peace, nostalgia and mysticism. In the 1990's only 17 per cent of persons baptised in the Church of Scotland were recruited into membership, and 20 per cent into the Church of England. In the 1840s, over 80 per cent of Sunday School teachers were male; by the 1870s, this had dropped to under 30 per cent.
Church	Chritianity and Society - 2nd Quarter 2004



During the 40 Days of Purpose Radio Campaign, broadcast across Christian radio stations in America, church attendance increased by an average 22 per cent during the campaign. Small group attendance in those same churches increased by an astounding 86 per cent!
Church	Wireless Age - October,Novemebr,December 2003



60 per cent of the population of Rwanda is under the age of 25. Vocations to the Church are on the rise with some 180 seminarians preparing to enter into the priesthood.
Church	Scottish Catholic Observer - 12th March 2004



70 per cent of today's churchgoing Christians made their commitment before the age of 18.
Church	The Church of England Newspaper - 11th March 2004



Although the evangelical community in Spain is small, numbering just under 100,000 people- 0.4 per cent of the population - the number of believers in Madrid is significant, with around 200 evangelical congregations in the city.
Church	Christian Herald - 20th March 2004

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