Executive Council Briefing
Dr. C. Kirk Hadaway Dr. Matthew J. Price January 27, 2012
Parishes and Membership
Episcopal Church Membership (Domestic Dioceses): 1951-2010
Episcopal Domestic Membership: 1991 2010
Growth & Decline in Members Over Past 5 Years by Year
Episcopal Domestic Average Sunday Worship Attendance: 1991 2010
Growth & Decline in Attendance Over Past 5 Years by Year
Change in Key Statistical Areas: 2002 2010
-22.2 =SMAA
-17.8% =SMAA
-23.2% =SMAA (Sunday)
Broader Measures of Church Vitality
To get a broad-based sense of congregational vitality, we have used a number of measurements including church school enrollment, marriages, funerals, child baptisms, adult baptisms, and confirmations. These speak to a parishs integration in the community and the possibility for future growth
Change in church school enrollment: -33% Change in number of marriages performed: -41% Change in number of burials/funerals: -21% Change in the number of child baptisms: -36% Change in the number of adult baptisms: -40% Change in the number of confirmations: -32%
While these numbers may not capture the totality of what is happening in the Church, we do not have a measure that is moving in a positive direction
Membership Trends Across Denominations
Episcopal Church Average Sunday Attendance (1995 2000)
Source: Yearly Episcopal Church Parochial Reports
Episcopal Church Average Sunday Attendance (2005 2009)
Source: Yearly Episcopal Church Parochial Reports
Current Proportion of Episcopal Congregations and Average Sunday Attendance by Region
Region and Growth
Congregations: Regional Openings and Closings
There have been more church closings in the past 10 years than church openings: 513 closings, 210 openings For every parish that has opened in the past 10 years, 2.5 parishes have closed
Age Structure of the USA and TEC: 2010
Congregations with Many Younger Members are More Likely to Grow
TEC Domestic Dioceses: Racial/Ethnic Membership
Language Used in Worship Service and Growth
Percent Change in ASA and Membership: 2004 2010
Net Change in ASA and Membership: 2004 2010
Demographics on our side: Immigrants in the U.S. from major Anglican sending countries, 1980-2009:
Are we missing an opportunity?
Americas: Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Belize, Guyana Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Africa: South Africa, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Clergy
Clergy: Key Statistics (2011)
Clergy (Not Retired): Priests: 9,520
Deacons:
Priests Employed in the Church: 6,113
2,534 5,952 ______ 18,006 56 46 54% 46%
Retired Clergy: Total:
Average Age of Non-retired Priests: Average Age of Priests at Ordination: Gender active priests: Male: Female:
Clergy Ordained to the Diaconate (1990 2010)
Clergy Ordained to the Priesthood (1990 2010)
Clergy Taking Retirement (1990 2010)
Ordinations vs. Retirements (1990 2010)
Employed Clergy vs. Clergy Not Employed in TEC
(Clergy ordained within the last 5 years)
Clergy Employed in TEC 1,059 (70%) Age: 34 or younger 35 to 50 51 to 64 65 or older Gender: Male Female Seminary: Episcopal Non-Episcopal Region: Northeast South Midwest West 81% 76% 61% 31% 67% 69% 80% 73% 50% 61% 45% 48% Clergy Not Employed in TEC 457 (30%) 19% 24% 39% 69% 33% 31% 20% 27% 50% 39% 55% 52%
Changes in the Number of Clergy 1972 - 2010
Overall Change in the Number of Clergy The number of clergy in 2002 was 93% of the number of clergy in 1972 The number of clergy in 2010 was 80% of the number of clergy in 1972 Regional Differences in Change in the Number of Clergy
Proportional Change in the Number of Clergy 1972 - 2010
A bar at the 100% line shows no change in the number of clergy since 1972.
Bold 100% line represents the same number of clergy in 2002 or 2010 as in 1972.
Geographical distribution of clergy in 1972
Geographical distribution of clergy in 2002
Geographical distribution of clergy in 2010
Changes in Multi-staff Congregations (2004 to 2011)
Priests in Domestic Congregations from 2010 Parochial Report
Finances
Participation and Giving Trends for the Episcopal Church: 2000-2010 (Domestic Dioceses)
Plate and Pledge Giving: 1991 2010
Average Pledge: 1991 2009
Congregations in Financial Stress 2000-2010: USA & TEC
Data from the Episcopal FACT Survey
Diocesan Income From Parishes: 2002 2010