Average Sunday attendance
Figures for average Sunday attendance (ASA) provide a more objective metric and a more striking message. During the 1990s average Sunday attendance was relatively stable but from around 2000 deep decline set in. This is ongoing. TEC’s average Sunday attendance dropped by over 40 percent between 2000 and 2019. The decline of attendance was most rapid between 2005 and 2010. But recent years have seen a very substantial drop – a fall of 61,000, over 10 percent, in the last four years
Episcopal Church Average Sunday Attendance 2000-19
2000 856,579
2005 787,271
2010 657,831
2015 579,780
2019 518,411
The latest figures on membership, attendance, and baptisms for the Episcopal Church are stark and bracing. The Rev. Dr. David Goodhew analyzes the trends and dares to offer some hope for the future.https://t.co/kTSsCakWpC
— The Living Church (@Livng_Church) October 19, 2020