The figures show a decline on almost all fronts from 2019 to 2022, including a 12 per cent decrease in the total number on parish rolls, 26 per cent decrease in average Sunday attendance, and 17 per cent decrease in regular identifiable givers. The biggest drops came in the number of people attending services on major holy days: a 45 per cent decline in Easter attendance, 37 per cent for Pentecost and 47 per cent for Christmas.

"We didn't know what to expect," he added. "We were praying for God to have a really big move."

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The church had invited more than 30,000 people to Raymond J Stadium where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play and the place was packed.

"It was amazing to see it happen and be a part of that experience," Black described.

Legendary former NFL coach Tony Dungy shared a message with the crowd.

The Rev. Martin laments the decline of The Episcopal Church witnessing the large loss of the Great "GI" Generation which Texas Bishop Andy Doyle called the "tsunami of death." If current trends continue, using Bishop Doyle's sea imagery, the receding tide of Boomers will mean that by 2035, Christianity in North America will drop to 10 percent or less of the population, says Martin.

There are nine colonial-era schools, seven of which are in the prestigious Ivy League. One other Ivy League school was founded in the days following the Civil War.

WHAT MAKES AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL

The Ivy League schools are considered to have academic excellence, with a highly selective admissions process, and hold to social elitism.

A consequence of this choice, Paul observes, is a 'darkening of their hearts' and 'futility in their thinking'. Idolatry stands in opposition to the truth; idolatry deceives and deludes those who practise it. Those who suppress the truth are both dishonouring the real God, but also ultimate reality. They suppress the truth about God, but also attempt to suppress reality.

Several key aspects of reality they reject or suppress:
Rejection of The Father:

Romans 15:1-2 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Romans 15:5-6 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:7 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.

Archbishops from South Sudan, Egypt, Nigeria, the Seychelles, the GSFA, ACNA, GAFCON Europe have publicly declaimed against the ABC in ringing tones of disapproval and disappointment. They say he has betrayed the communion and the faith he swore to uphold.

So, what exactly will they discuss in Rome? Well, you can be sure that climate change will be high on the list of world changing events that demands full on urgent attention. It was the central issue at the last Lambeth Conference.

Because of a lack of maintenance, a chunk of the east wall has fallen away. If anyone buys it there will be hundreds of thousands of pounds needed to shore up the crumbling masonry.

St. Wistan's isn't alone. Several of the churches around where I live in Leicestershire have already been decommissioned, or are in the process of being sold off. You can buy one here if you like.

Lots of other churches without much of a congregation are still technically open, but only for festivals or special occasions.

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WHICH PRIMATES WILL MEET IN ROME? That is the question, perhaps the only question. With less than a week to go before the 2024 Primates Meeting is hosted by the Anglican Centre in Rome, the Archbishop of Canterbury is bound to be feeling a little nervous, writes Anglican Futures blogger.

In an interview this week with Rev Dominic Steele, host of 'The Pastor's Heart', Archbishop Justin Badi Arama, suggested that some, and maybe the majority, of GSFA Primates would absent themselves from the meeting -- following the example of the Primates of Rwanda, Uganda and Nigeria, who are known to have boycotted the last meeting.

"We have heard about the meeting," he said, "We have received the invitation to go to Rome. But in accordance with the Ash Wednesday Statement that we issued some of us may not be able to be part of that meeting in Rome."

Fudging human sexuality has not been a winning ticket for him or the communion, with his own church, the Church of England in total disarray over the blessings of same sex unions. The Church of England has twisted it's knickers so much over this that it has turned into a pretzel, once bent it becomes baked-in rigid.

Terms like "generous orthodoxy" invented by the late PB Frank Griswold, and a Windsor Report have failed to turn the tide of "why can't we all just get along," with Lambeth resolution 1:10 still hanging like a Sword of Damocles over the Communion.