The Church Census 2016 will not go ahead, Churches Together in England (CTE) has said, after the Church of England became the latest denomination to decline to participate, on the grounds of concerns over the administrative workload and time constraints.<\/p>\n
The general secretary of CTE, the Revd Dr David Cornick, said on Wednesday: \u201cOur understanding is that the census will not now be taking place in October, and we have informed our members of this.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe steering group, and a number of national church leaders, have realised that too much remains to be done in too short a time for that to be feasible. Given those circumstances, the data produced would not have been accurate or useful enough to justify the exercise. The steering group will be meeting again to consider how to proceed in the light of this.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n