Some Facts About The Church Of England

Every week there are about one million people worshipping in one or other of the Church of England's 16,000 churches. The Christian witness and service they render in other spheres of their lives is incalculable.

Scores of thousands of formal and informal Church of England societies, trusts, networks and fellowships proliferate in parishes, dioceses, schools, colleges and in the community all the way from the smallest prayer groups to the major mission agencies like USPG (celebrating its tercentenary), or Christian Aid or the Church of England Children's Society.

In 2001 there are more than 1,600 ordinands in 11 theological colleges and 12 regional courses and schemes and more than 1,300 in Reader training.