Census of church attendance (3244)

Type of Data: Census of church attendance (3244)

Faith Community: Christianity

Date: 2012, 14 October

Geography: Local survey. Greater London

Sample Size: 2588 (54% response)

Population: Christian places of worship

Keywords: Age, church attendance, churchgoing, churchmanship, church planting, community engagement, distance, ethnicity, gender, length of attendance, mid-week activities, ministry, places of worship, services, youth workers

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire and extrapolation from previous information

Collection Agency: Brierley Consultancy

Sponsor: London City Mission

Published Source:

Peter William Brierley, London's Churches Are Growing!, Tonbridge: ADBC Publishers, 2013

Peter William Brierley, Capital Growth: What the 2012 London Church Census Reveals, Tonbridge: ADBC Publishers, 2013

Peter William Brierley, ed., UK Church Statistics, Number 2, 2010 to 2020, Tonbridge: ADBC Publishers, 2014, pp. 12.0-12.17

Peter William Brierley, ‘The 2012 London Church Census’, in The Desecularisation of the City: London’s Churches, 1980 to the Present, edited by David Goodhew and Anthony-Paul Cooper, London: Routledge, 2019, pp. 60-85

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2013/st-andrews-day-and-other-news/

BRIN ID: 3244

Remarks:

The 54% response rate comprised: 14% to the mailed questionnaires, 9% supplied by the Church of England Diocese of London, and 31% extrapolated from previous information.

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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