Social Engagement and the London Megachurch

Conservative & Evangelical Churches, Europe & UK, Interviews, Megachurches, Participant Observation, Resources Frame, Social Service & Activism, Uncategorized

The Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK has funded a three-year study of London’s megachurches and their social engagement activities, to be completed at the end of 2016. Using the definition of a megachurch developed at Hartford Seminary Institute for Religion Research as 2000 or more people per week attending a Protestant church…

Membership Decline: Facing the Real Issue

Attendance, Demographics, Ecology Frame, Europe & UK, Leadership, Mainline & Liberal Protestant Churches, Resources Frame

Christianity Today is highlighting the plight of rural vicars in congregations in England. Churches are declining, and vicars are filling multiple pulpits. The article goes on to explain in detail implications of declining congregations — pastors are pulled thin between multiple responsibilities and congregational sites, and are unable to devote the time and resources to…