The number of Presbyterians in Ireland has dropped by almost 40 per cent in the past 40 years – and the decline is steady and ongoing, according to latest figures from the church.
The 2015 General Assembly annual reports of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland show that, in 1975, it had a membership of approximately 375,000 across the island. Today, that figure is 230,000 in 545 congregations across its 19 presbyteries, north and south.
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