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More than 1.7 million people take part in a Church of England service each month and around one million participate each Sunday.

More than 2.6 million attend church at Christmas.

86% of the population visit a church or place of worship in the course of a year, for reasons ranging from participating in worship to attending social events or simply wanting a quiet space.

Every year, around 12.5 million people visit Church of England Cathedrals, including 300,000 pupils on school visits.

One in four primary schools and one in 16 secondary schools in the country are Church of England.

The Church of England has more than 27,000 licensed ministers – including more than 9,000 paid clergy; more than 2,000 non-stipendiary ministers; more than 10,000 Readers; around 5,000 active retired clergy; and 1,100 chaplains in colleges, universities, hospitals, schools, prisons and the armed forces.

More people do unpaid work for church organisations than any other organisation.  A quarter of regular churchgoers are involved in voluntary community service outside the Church and overall they contribute 23.2 million hours voluntary service each month in their local communities.

45% of the country’s Grade 1 listed buildings are maintained by the Church of England.

For more details, visit the official website of the Church of England –