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A new study has found that many churches, especially those with smaller congregations, are failing to offer any youth work provision, and those that do are concerned about the effectiveness of what they offer. Youthscape Centre for Research surveyed 2,054 churches across the UK. The findings are detailed in the Loosing Heart report which was launched at Lambeth Palace in December.
Church	Premier Christianity - January 2017



According to a five year-year academic study reported on in mid-November, churches that are theologically conservative with beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible grow faster than those with a liberal orientation. The growing churches featured contemporary worship, while declining churches favoured traditional styles of worship with organ and choir.
Church	Evangelicals Now - January 2017



Churches that hold to the authority of Scripture grow faster than those that don't, a new study suggests. The Canadian study revealed key differences between growing and declining congregations regarding their views on the basic articles of faith, the importance of prayer, the exclusivity of salvation through Jesus Christ, and the visible working of God in the world today. Those who hold to orthodox biblical beliefs, pray and read the Bible more regularly, showed growth.
Church	Christian Concern - 18th November 2016



A new study has found that older women who go to church more than once a week live, on average, five months longer than those who don't. Researchers in the US discovered that fewer depressive symptoms, greater optimism, stronger social networks and lower rates of smoking were all attributing factors.
Church	Bible Society - 20th May 2016



According to the findings of a ComRes poll 60% of British adults agree that the Government should give financial support to churches, chapels and meeting houses in order to protect their heritage and history for future generations.
Church	The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016



According to the findings of a ComRes poll 57% of British adults said that they had visited a church in the past year for religious services, non-religious activities or as a visitor or tourist.
Church	The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016



According to the findings of a ComRes poll 83% of British adults think that the UK's churches and chapels and meeting houses play an important role for society.
Church	The National Churches Trust - 29th January 2016



A new poll suggesting that more Anglicans in the UK support same-sex 'marriage' than oppose it has been debunked. The YouGov poll, commissioned by a self-proclaimed 'Anglican' LGBT activist, purported to show that 45% of Anglicans believe that same-sex 'marriage' is right, while 37% believe it is wrong. But, upon closer inspection, the poll clearly reveals that those surveyed were not committed Anglicans, and their views on adultery and pornography were not biblical.
Church	Christian Concern - 6th February 2016



Despite a decrease in numbers of those who class themselves as Christian, a survey commissioned by the National Churches Trust has found that more than half of adults have visited a church in the past year. It also found that 84% of those questioned think churches, chapels and meeting houses are important to the country’s history and heritage. A similar number said churches play an important role in society by providing a space for community activities.
Church	Bible Society - 5th February 2016



A German church has removed its crosses, altar and pulpit to accommodate refugees. The Protestant church in Oberhausen claimed removing the symbols would help make the group of 50 Muslims “more welcome”.
Church	Christian Concern - 7th November 2015



A group of 35 bishops and church leaders from 20 countries have gathered in Munich, Germany to discuss refugees and the role of the churches in Europe with a recommendation for safe passage to those seeking refuge.
Church	Ekklesia Daily Bulletin - 2nd November 2015



A quarter of rural Anglican churches have less than ten worshippers on a Sunday according to a new Church of England report. It also found that half of all rural Church of England places of worship have less than 20 faithful on a Sunday. The attendance figures, coupled with the £160 million rural parishes spend to maintain their properties every year, have prompted the Church to consider only opening some churches on special occasions like Easter, Christmas, weddings and funerals.
Church	Bible Society - 16th October 2015



New figures from the Church of England show that some of the country’s oldest cathedrals are seeing congregations grow. More than 10 million people visited cathedrals in England last year and almost 37,000 attended Sunday or midweek services – up almost a quarter in a decade.
Church	Bible Society - 21st August 2015



Small is the normal expression of church both in the UK and on a global scale. In 2013, the Church of England reported that the average weekly attendance in the UK was 38 adults in its 16,000 plus parish churches. In November 2014, of the 516 churches in the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), 355 (69%) had fewer than 50 members and 221 (43%) had fewer than 25. The URC and Methodist traditions also have many churches with 40 people or fewer.
Church	Christianity – April 2015



Many thousands of German Christians are said to be renouncing their faith and leaving the church in order to avoid new taxes. According to the Daily Telegraph, 200,000 Germans filed official declarations last year renouncing their membership of the Protestant church, with a similar number thought to have left the Roman Catholic Church. Church members in Germany must pay taxes to the government to fund church activities. Under the law there, anyone who was baptised as a child is automatically a member of the church and obliged to pay a percentage of their income, regardless of current beliefs or church attendance.
Church	ThirdWay – March 2015

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