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Mon Nov 25, 2019, 05:14 PM Nov 2019

Anglican Church of Canada Fears "There Will Be No Members" by 2040

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A report commissioned by the Anglican Church of Canada has predicted the rapidly-approaching demise of the Anglican Church of Canada.

The report, described as “dire” by at least one bishop, was authored by the Rev. Neil Elliot, an Anglican priest from British Columbia. It was delivered during the church’s General Synod in Mississauga, Ontario earlier in November.

Elliot gathered information based on multiple data streams: church membership and attendance statistics, parish roll surveys, donor information, and subscription numbers for the church’s official publication, the Anglican Journal. The available data sample covered a time period dating back as far as 1961.

At that time, when membership was at its peak, the Anglican Church of Canada boasted 1.3 million members. The most recent numbers show a reduction to less than 400,000. Elliot says the trend is crystal-clear:
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