statistics Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/statistics/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:36:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg statistics Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/statistics/ 32 32 170042892 Rising to the coronavirus’s challenge https://anglicanjournal.com/rising-to-the-coronaviruss-challenge/ https://anglicanjournal.com/rising-to-the-coronaviruss-challenge/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:00:17 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169300 Last spring, Anglicans around the world were invited to take part in an international survey by a pair of U.K. academics called “Coronavirus, the Church and You.” The survey ran in three countries: the U.K., the USA and Canada.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/rising-to-the-coronaviruss-challenge/feed/ 0 169300 Looking toward God’s own pruning https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/ https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:32:28 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162402 Last fall, members of the diocese of Toronto gathered for synod.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/looking-toward-gods-own-pruning/feed/ 3 162402 God truly works in mysterious ways https://anglicanjournal.com/god-truly-works-in-mysterious-ways/ https://anglicanjournal.com/god-truly-works-in-mysterious-ways/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:45:39 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162383 I became part of the church, at first, as more of an observer.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/god-truly-works-in-mysterious-ways/feed/ 1 162383 Statistician sees ParishOS as future of church’s data collection https://anglicanjournal.com/statistician-sees-parishos-as-future-of-churchs-data-collection/ https://anglicanjournal.com/statistician-sees-parishos-as-future-of-churchs-data-collection/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:33:39 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162258 The Anglican Church of Canada’s statistician says he hopes a new electronic tool for gathering parish data will allow the church to see itself with greater clarity.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/statistician-sees-parishos-as-future-of-churchs-data-collection/feed/ 1 162258 New wineskins for new wine https://anglicanjournal.com/new-wineskins-for-new-wine/ https://anglicanjournal.com/new-wineskins-for-new-wine/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:25:45 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162368 The recent statistics report for the Anglican Church of Canada begs unavoidable questions: What factors account for the ongoing decline of the Anglican Church of Canada?

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/new-wineskins-for-new-wine/feed/ 1 162368 We’re in this together https://anglicanjournal.com/were-in-this-together/ https://anglicanjournal.com/were-in-this-together/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:45:23 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162592 As I read the articles on the statistical decline of the Anglican Church in Canada, the image of the “Spirit of Haida Gwaii” surfaced dramatically for me.  This iconic sculpture by Bill Reid has several versions—appearing at the Vancouver International Airport, the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/were-in-this-together/feed/ 0 162592 Recapturing our lost virtues—mission and evangelism https://anglicanjournal.com/recapturing-our-lost-virtues-mission-and-evangelism/ https://anglicanjournal.com/recapturing-our-lost-virtues-mission-and-evangelism/#comments Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:20:16 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162357 The recent statistics on trending decline in the Anglican Church of Canada came as no surprise to me.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/recapturing-our-lost-virtues-mission-and-evangelism/feed/ 2 162357 The declining church formed me https://anglicanjournal.com/the-declining-church-formed-me/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-declining-church-formed-me/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:12:08 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162338 I grew up in a struggling rural church.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-declining-church-formed-me/feed/ 1 162338 ‘Anglicans in Canada are in exile’ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-in-canada-are-in-exile/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-in-canada-are-in-exile/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:21:43 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162348 The Anglican Church of Canada is hollowing out.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-in-canada-are-in-exile/feed/ 2 162348 This far by faith https://anglicanjournal.com/this-far-by-faith/ https://anglicanjournal.com/this-far-by-faith/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:21:44 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162226 As editorial supervisor of the Anglican Journal, there’s little I can add to our overall discussion of the state of the church: the newly released statistics, the decline, the questions that loom.

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