Church of England Has Just Recorded a Fifth Straight Year of Growth: Easter Attendance Up Nearly 8 Percent
The Church of England has confirmed a fifth consecutive year of attendance growth. 1.023 million people are now regularly attending weekly worship as of 2025, up from the COVID era low. Easter attendance climbed 7.8 percent to 1.03 million. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services drew...
Archbishop Sarah Mullally Hails Yearning for Meaning as Christmas Eve Services Pull 1.96 Million and Weekly Worshippers Climb Past One Million
The Church of England has confirmed a fifth consecutive year of attendance growth. 1.023 million people are now regularly attending weekly worship as of 2025, up from the COVID era low. Easter attendance climbed 7.8 percent to 1.03 million. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services drew 1.96 million, up 5.5 percent. The full Statistics for Mission report will be released in autumn 2026.
"It is so encouraging to see the ways that God is at work in our Church," said Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally.
Church of England Post Pandemic Growth Continues for Fifth Straight Year
The breakdown is striking. Advent period attendance reached 4.8 million, up 2 percent. Weekly attendance totalled 707,000, up 0.7 percent. Average Sunday service attendance hit 590,000, up 1.6 percent.
"With more people coming to services on Sundays and throughout the week, it shows a yearning for meaning and connection," Mullally said. Debbie Clinton, Director for Vision and Strategy, added: "Each of these numbers represents an individual journey of faith in Christ, and we celebrate another year that shows more and more people gathering to worship." Attendance remains below the 1.11 million pre pandemic level, but the trajectory has been unmistakably upward for five years running.
The Crusader's Opinion
For decades the Church of England has been the punchline of every secular comedian's tired routine on dying Christianity. The data tells a different story. Five years of consistent growth. Easter attendance up 8 percent. Christmas Eve services packed. Whatever can be said about the CofE's theological drift, the numerical revival is real, and the laity is hungry. Pray for the parishes leading the growth. Visit your local Anglican church on Sunday. The Christian Church in Britain is not dead. She is awakening. The bishops and the press will be the last to notice.
Take Action
- Visit: A local Church of England parish this Sunday and encourage the congregation
- Read: The full 2025 attendance report
- Donate: Local Anglican mission projects in your diocese
- Pray: For sustained Church of England renewal in 2026 and beyond
- Share: The five years of growth and challenge the dying Christianity narrative
