Assessing the Fragile Rural Church Hypothesis within The Episcopal Church (USA)

Francis, L.J., McKenna, U. and Village, A. (2024) Assessing the Fragile Rural Church Hypothesis within The Episcopal Church (USA). Rural Theology. ISSN 1470-4994

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Abstract

A series of qualitative and quantitative studies among clergy and laity within the Church of England has documented five marks of fragility (including erosion of financial and human resources) that are more evident in rural churches. New data generated by the Covid-19 & Church-21 survey conducted both in the Church of England and in The Episcopal Church (USA) among clergy and laity indicate that in the USA rural Anglican churches are perceived as less fragile than in England.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published by Taylor & Francis in 2024. This is an author accepted manuscript of a published open access article available at https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2024.2421035. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Keywords:	fragile churches rural churches Anglican churches USA empirical theology
Depositing User:	Ursula Mckenna
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2024 14:58
Last Modified:	21 Nov 2024 14:58
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1179

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