Church of England sees worship numbers rise for fourth consecutive year

Church of England sees worship numbers rise for fourth consecutive year

Church of England attendance rises for fourth year

The overall number of regular worshippers across the Church of England’s congregations grew to 1.02 million in 2024, a rise of 1.2 per cent, according to an early snapshot of the annual Statistics for Mission findings. It was the second year in a row in which the Church of England’s “worshipping community” – the combined number of regular members of local congregations – has stood above a million since the Covid-19 pandemic. The numbers in the p…