A new study conducted in the UK shows that new 'church plants' for the Church of England have avoided the word 'church' for the past 10 years or more.
The Church of England is apparently dropping the word 'church' in the hopes of drawing in more crowds, according to a recent study. The study, called 'New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England,' was conducted by the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research in Durham. The qualitative study inspected language used by 11 Church of England dioceses to describe their new churches.
Traditionally, new churches are referred to as 'church plants.' In this study, the Centre for Church Planting Theology discovered that even though more than 900 new churches were established by 11 dioceses in the past 10 years, none of them used the word 'church plant' or 'church.''Not one diocese used the term ‘church’ in their main descriptor. ‘Church plant’ is not used by any of the 11 dioceses.
The Church of England did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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