Two days ago, the BBC reported that last year (2006) the Church of England ordained 234 men and 244 women to the Anglican priesthood.
In a separate set of statistics, the Church confirmed provisional figures from January showing average Sunday attendances fell below a million for the first time in 2005 to 988,000.
Average weekly attendance in that year [2005] was 1.17 million, and average monthly attendance was 1.7 million.
Attendance at Church of England services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day increased dramatically in 2005 – it was 7% higher than in 2001 at 2.8 million.
Read “More new Anglican women priests than men” from BBC News.
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