Here<\/a> is the article:<\/p>\n In a recent report, the church found 294,382 members on parish rolls and 58,871 people attending Sunday worship services.<\/p>\n \u201cThe religious institution many of us have long known and loved does not look now as it did even 20 years ago, and it will not look the same 20 years from now,\u201d noted the report, \u201cCreating Pathways for the Transformational Change of the General Synod.\u201d<\/p>\n Waves of declining statistics will “evoke grief, fear and longing. … This report does not seek to reverse current trends, but to respond to them to empower a much smaller church to thrive as it proclaims the gospel today and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Obviously, the \u201cchurch is changing,\u201d noted the Rev. Neil Elliot of the province of British Columbia in the report. \u201cBut that change is not the same as the end of the church. That change may be uncomfortable, but being uncomfortable is not the same as the end of the church.” Elliot’s X profile says he is the “official stats nurd for the Anglican Church of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cCreating Pathways\u201d text noted that, while pew-level statistics have plunged 75%, the denomination, as of 2023, has 1,474 parishes, compared to 1,849 in 1967. Meanwhile, the number of bishops has increased from 36 to 39.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There is nothing new about this, it has been happening for years. But, like any background noise that we have been hearing for a long time, we cease to pay it any attention. Such has been the faint gurgling sound … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-05-31_145835-1024x582.jpg\")
<\/a>(ANALYSIS) In the year of our Lord 1967, the Anglican Church of Canada had 1,218,666 members and 272,400 worshippers on a typical Sunday.<\/p>\n