• 22 September 2018

Statistics evening with mission and growth in mind

It’s with mission and church growth firmly in mind that the diocese has engaged the Church of England’s statistician, Dr Bev Botting, to analyse all the statistical information available to us.

Members of Diocesan Synod and parish representatives will be getting together on Monday evening to hear her findings and to discuss their implications.

Not only will we get a picture of the diocese overall but each parish will have access to an individual ‘dashboard’ which graphically represents statistics based on the NI state census (2011), the annual Easter Vestry returns and the 2016 Church of Ireland Census. 

The statistics highlight the key challenges and encouragements in Down and Dromore and offer parishes another helpful tool as they plot a way forward in mission.

Of particular value will be to look at the demographic within our parish boundaries and see how closely our worshipping congregations represent the local population. 

When: Monday 24 September at 7.45 pm
Where: Belvoir Parish Church, Belfast