The headline on a Washington Post story two years ago read, "If it doesn't stem its decline, mainline Protestantism has just 23 Easters left." As a former Episcopalian, I have witnessed this decline personally, but the numbers by themselves are staggering.
According to the Episcopal News Service, the church had fallen to 1.7 million members (down from 3.4 million in 1992) and Sunday attendance was down 13 percent from 2013 to 2018. Similarly, there were 175 fewer parishes and missions during that period.
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