1. Reaching a
changing
world

2. and what of
the UK?

3. part of post-
modern Europe

4. the impact of
global trends

5. some
demographics

6. UK population
continues to
grow

7. Source: ONS

8. UK population increase
driven by immigration
Source: ONS

9. + 250,000 per year Source: ONS

10. UK ethnicity changing
Source: ONS

11. UK ethnicity changing
Source: ONS

12. UK ethnicity changing

13. we are getting
older

14. over 90's: UK's fastest
growing age group
Source: ONS

15. and the church is
getting even older

16. losing the children
Source: Peter Brierley

17. relatively more elderly
Source: WhyChurch.org

18. a trend set to increase
Source: Peter Brierley

19. families are
changing

20. fewer marriages,
more divorces Source: Civitas

21. fewer marriages,
more divorces Source: Civitas

22. more births outside
marriage Source: Civitas

23. more births outside
marriage Source: Civitas

24. church is different to
the rest of society
Source: Peter Brierley

25. children experience
less stable homes
Source: Civitas

26. 25
People who moved
20
in 2002, by age group
Percentage %
15
10
5
0
25-34 45-54 65-74
16-24 35-44 55-64 75 & over
Age
geographical mobility
increases Source: Peter Brierley: Religious Trends

27. work stress places
greater demands on
peoples' time

28. Source: National Employee Benchmark Survey

29. growth of atheism,
agnosticism and
other religions

30. fewer call themselves
Christians Source: ONS

32. the decline of the
(established)
church

33. UK
religious
belonging,
1964-2005:
Source: Peter Brierley: Quadrant, November 2007

34. Crisis of Anglicanism

35. UK church attendance
1979-1998:
Source: Peter Brierley: Religious Trends

36. not just Anglicans...
Source: Peter Brierley: Religious Trends

37. accept the
reality

38. appreciate
the good

39. growth of black and
minority churches

40. embrace change

41. explore
alternative
expressions

42. express
spirituality

43. understand the
tensions

44. learn
how to
keep
the kids

45. develop an appropriate
life style

46. understand how
the world sees us

47. understand our
place in the
world

48. invest in emerging
mission movements

50. press on to take
hold of that for
which God took
hold of us...

51. because God
has not given
up on the UK...