Teddington, England — Findings from an in-depth survey by a British charity indicate that more than half of Britain’s adults claim to be Christian, but only one in 10 regularly attends weekly church services.
Tearfund, a Christian relief and development charity, said its poll of some 7,000 men and women over the age of 16 suggests that Christianity remains the dominant faith in Britain, with 53 percent of the adult population adhering to its beliefs. But those figures from 2006 also represent a sharp decline from the last British census in 2001 when nearly three-quarters of adults identified themselves as Christian.
The poll, Churchgoing in the UK, also indicated that only 7.6 million adults in the nation with a total population of more than 60 million go to church each month. Two-thirds of those polled said the only times they had gone to church during the year were for occasional weddings, baptisms and funerals.
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