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Church Plants and Church Closures


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How many churches have opened and closed in recent years?

According to Peter Brierley in his Uk Church Statistics 2005-2015 the actual number of churches increased between 2005-2010 and is expected to do so marginally between 2010 and 2015.

  • 2005 total number of churches 49,486
  • 2010 total number of churches 50,709
  • 2015 estimated number of churches 50,934

Number of churches opening and closing 2005-2010 in each denomination

  Anglican Batists Indep. Meth-

odist

 New

churches

 Pente-

costal

 Presby-

terian

 Smaller

Denoms
Opening +34 +84 +118 +5 +267 +668 +5 +1,460
Closing -238 -143 -154 -337 -17 -4 -248 -43
net diff.
 -204 -63 -36 -332 +250 +664 -243 +1,417




Compiled by the Evangelical Alliance Information and Research office, Oct 2011.
 

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Last Modified: 21 October 2011

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