The Episcopal Church has many members. In most years, it can provide a specific count of its baptized members – 1.5 million in 2023 — based on data compiled from its congregations’ parochial reports.
Not for 2024.
When the church released its latest trove of parochial report data on Oct. 24, the official membership count was unavailable and unknown, though the annual data still included some of the church’s other closely watched metrics, including average Sunday attendance and plate and pledge revenue. The questionnaire for 2024 had experimented with new ways of counting church membership, the church’s news release said, and the results “revealed confusion in how churches understood and reported this topline number.” To read more, click here
