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what is church planting and why does it matter?

Current (or previous) church attendance or involvement

Regular attenders   

Non churched

at least monthly (10%)

Fringe  

(40%)

less than

monthly

(10%)

Open de 

churched

(20%)

Closed de churched

(20%)

Based on Philip Richter and Leslie Francis, Gone but not Forgotten, Darton,

Longman and Todd, 1998.

  Regular attenders

Across the denominational spectrum, roughly 10 per cent of the

population attend perhaps 5 8 times in a two month period.

  Fringe attenders

Roughly 10 per cent of the population may attend church 1 3 times in a

two month period.

  Open de churched

Forty per cent of the population are `de churched'. At some point 

in their life they attended church. Of these, 20 per cent are the `open

de churched'   people who have left church at some point, but are open

to return if suitably contacted and invited.

  Closed de churched

Twenty per cent of the population have attended church at some point in

their life, but were damaged or disillusioned, and have no intention of

returning.

  Non churched

Forty per cent of the population nationally have never been to church,

except perhaps for the funeral or wedding of a friend or relation. 

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