Category Archives: Church attendance

SECULARISATION IN EUROPE: A GENERATIONAL SHIFT

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

At the recent meeting of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Mission Commission I presented a 25 minutes overview of several of the main features of Europe that we have been researching and which impact the mission of the Churches. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Church attendance, Eurooppa, Europa, europe, prayer, secularisation, young people | 6 Comments

Malawian-German Baptist partnership for growth and planting

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

During the next five years, German Baptist Churches hope to be inspired by the example of the Baptist Union of Malawi. A partnership agreement was signed during the recent  Annual conference in Kassel. The German General-Secretary Regina Claas (from Elstal, Berlin) assured delegates … Continue reading →

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Norwegian belief and Ice Age 2

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

The percentage of Norwegians who claim to attend church at least once a month has declined over the last ten years from 11 to 7% of the population, according to the Norwegian BAR magazine. During the same period, the percentage … Continue reading →

Posted in Church attendance, europe, Gospel, Lutheran, new religious movements, Norway, secularisation | 1 Comment

God – do the maths!

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

The BBC reported last week on the mathematical modelling of census data from nine countries that predicts the death of religion in those countries by 2050 or thereabouts. I take seriously the work of social scientists and am impressed with … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Church attendance, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, secularisation, Switzerland | 2 Comments

Average church & Danish women

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

A Gallup Poll conducted among 11,612 Danish adults discovered that the average churchgoer in Denmark is a female who: Is well-educated and over 60; Reads fiction every day; Goes to fitness training once or twice a week; Has a driving licence; Goes on holiday somewhere … Continue reading →

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Christian Research reverses predictions of numerical decline for UK churches

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

New data released by Christian Research today suggests that the decline in churchgoing has stabilised and that attendance figures have actually been more or less static for the last five years. This reverses a series of predictions made during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Church attendance, europe, research, United Kingdom | 4 Comments