tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874580216515087471.post4989546304090376328..comments2024-03-07T17:28:01.972+00:00Comments on Eurobishop: Some Ministry StatisticsDavid Hamidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01483724916701076899noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-874580216515087471.post-55605313953474521792010-06-14T15:49:19.309+01:002010-06-14T15:49:19.309+01:00Dear Bishop David, sorry to be pedantic (but it...Dear Bishop David, sorry to be pedantic (but it's a particular quality seen in many Anglican clergy) - but during my idle hours earlier this year I counted the number of locations served in our Diocese, and don't know where this magic figure of 270 congregations comes from. We claim to offer worship in 309 locations of which, 170 provide worship every Sunday, and 139 provide it less frequently, or not on Sunday. Of course some churches have worship more than once on Sunday, and could claim therefore to have more than one congregation in one location... but I wasn't pendantic enough to count those!Mark Collinsonhttp://www.christchurch.nlnoreply@blogger.com