2013 Uniting Church Census of Congregations and Ministers

NCLS Research Commissioned Report 2013 Uniting Church Census of Congregations and Ministers

Technical Report – Queensland Synod

Ruth Powell, Miram Pepper, Nicole Hancock, Sam Sterland and Claudia Mollidor

July 2014

NCLS Research Locked Bag 2002 Strathfield NSW 2135 (p) +61 2 9701 4479 (e) [email protected] (w) www.ncls.org.au

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Executive Summary

Introduction and methodology

In 2013, the President of the Uniting Church Assembly commissioned NCLS Research to conduct a census of UCA congregations and ministers. The purpose was to collect up to date information about ministers, staffing, church size and other features.

The census project consisted of two components – a hard copy/online census of congregations and an online census of ministers. Databases of contact details for churches and ministers were provided by the Synods. Data collection ran from August 2013, and concluded in January 2014.

The Queensland response rate for the Congregations Census was 71% and for the Ministers Census was 67%. UAICC and minority migrant-ethnic churches appear to be largely missing from the Congregations Census. Participation in the Ministers Census by ministers without email addresses (who tend to be retired and elderly) was low.

Congregations Census findings

How many UCA congregations are there and how are they distributed across the Queensland Synod?  There are 333 church locations/congregations across the Synod, a decrease of 36% since the Assembly last counted in 1990.  There are 173 single-location church churches and 72 cluster churches.  UCA churches have a long history – 56% were founded before 1950. Compared with rural areas, regional and urban areas have a greater proportion of churches founded since 1950.  The UCA is a strongly rural church. Approximately a third (30%) are in small rural areas. However, attendance is stronger in regional and urban areas than in rural areas.

How many people go to church?  Weekly worship service attendance stands 21,100 in Queensland (including 3,100 children). The largest proportion of the total Queensland attendance can be found in the South Moreton Presbytery.  The median figure for congregational attendance is 59.  There are relatively few children in churches: 17% of churches do not have children in the congregation, another 59% of churches have between one and nine children. Three quarters of small rural churches have no children at all.

What is the range of ways in which UCA congregations are organised and led?  There is a median of one staff member per church (mean of 1.38).  The majority of staff people do not work full time, are between 40-59 years of age and are ordained. Only 13% of staff are under 40 years old.  There is a mean of 0.59 staff people per small rural church and 0.94 staff people per large rural church. 68% of staff in small rural churches, and 64% in large rural churches are ordained (compared with 52% of staff in churches Queensland-wide).  The Uniting Church is heavily reliant on retired ministers for supply ministry, with a third (32%) of retired ministers having provided supply ministry in the previous 12 months.  A single weekly worship service occurs in 61% of churches.  Low numbers of children notwithstanding, Sunday schools were provided in 52% of churches Queensland-wide in the previous 12 months. Urban areas were particularly strong in running youth

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groups (46% of urban churches) and young adult activities (28% of urban churches), compared with 30% and 13% of churches Queensland-wide fir youth groups and young adult activities respectively.  Community building is particularly strong through churches running small groups (which occurred in 76% of churches in the previous 12 months) and/or faith discussion groups (which occurred in 68% of churches).

How do UCA congregations relate to their surrounding community?  Half of all churches provided visiting (49%) and emergency relief (53%) services in the previous 12 months. Some 30% of churches did not provide social services or social action activities.  Evangelistic activities occurred in over half (54%) of all churches in the previous 12 months.  Direct relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are most common in large rural areas (20% of churches) and in regional areas (21% of churches), compared with 14% of churches across Queensland.  The median number of funerals per church in the previous 12 months was 2 (i.e. 2 or more funerals took place a year in at least 50% of churches), and the median number of infant baptisms was also 2. It was more unlikely than likely that a wedding took place in in the previous year in at least 50% of churches, and the same is the case for infant dedications, adult/child baptisms and confirmations.

How do UCA congregations relate to the wider Church?  A little under half (44%) of UCA churches nationally had a regular financial commitment to people in developing countries in the previous 12 months.  62% support UnitingWorld.

Ministers Census findings

How many UCA ministers are there?  There are 292 ministers, according to the Synod’s database and ministers who were not in the database but contacted NCLS Research direct to participate in the Ministers Census.  Some eight in 10 active ministers (82%) have been ordained as Ministers of the Word in the Uniting Church. Some 2% of active ministers have been ordained by another denomination.

What proportion is male and what proportion female?  Ministers are predominantly male, although the gender balance is more even for active ministers (32% female) than for retired ministers (19% female).

What is the age profile of ministers?  Close to a third (30%) of active ministers are at least 60 years of age, suggesting that many ministers will soon approach retirement. One in 20 active ministers is under 40 years of age.

How many speak English as a second language?  Some 11% of active ministers were born in a non-English speaking country and 5% don’t have English as their first language.

How many are in rural placements?  It is not possible to answer this question directly from the Ministers Census. However, the staffing results from the Congregations Census provide relevant information as shown above.

How many have fractional placements?

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 Of all ministers who participated in the Census, 61% (89% of non-retired ministers) are in a placement. Of these, close to seven in 10 (66%) are in a single placement, two in 10 (18%) are in a single placement with multiple parts, and 16% are in two or more placements.

How many are Chaplains?  19% of ministers in placement are in a chaplaincy role.

What proportion of ministers in placement serve in Presbytery, Synod or Assembly roles?  3% of ministers serve in Presbytery ministry roles.  3% of ministers are in Synod roles.  1% of ministers are in Assembly roles.

Considerations for future censuses

Should future census rounds be desired, consideration should be given to the following:  Phonecall followup of non-responding congregations, and postal followups of ministers without email addresses.  A strategy to maximise participation by minority migrant ethnic and UAICC congregations, as well as by UAICC ministers.  Increasing the scope of ministry activities in the Ministers Census.  A common database of congregations and ministers, or databases that are consistently formatted across Synods.

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Table of Contents 1 Introduction – purpose and scope of report ...... 1 2 Methodology ...... 1 2.1 Data collection ...... 1 2.2 Response rates and treatment of missing data ...... 1 2.2.1 Congregations Census ...... 1 2.2.2 Ministers Census ...... 2 2.3 Conventions used in this report ...... 2 2.4 Limitations ...... 3 3 Congregations Census results ...... 5 3.1 Number of churches and church structure ...... 5 3.2 Church character ...... 5 3.3 Attendance ...... 8 3.4 Ethnicity ...... 15 3.5 Staffing ...... 16 3.6 Ministry and mission and service activities at UCA churches ...... 19 3.7 Overseas mission ...... 26 4 Ministers Census results ...... 29 4.1 Characteristics and background ...... 29 4.2 Placements and ministries ...... 33 4.2.1 Single placement details ...... 34 4.2.2 Single placement with multiple parts details ...... 35 4.2.3 Multiple placement details ...... 37 4.2.4 Chaplaincy, Presbytery ministry, Synod and Assembly roles ...... 40 5 Considerations for future censuses ...... 42 6 About the 2013 UCA Census and NCLS Research ...... 43 Appendix A: Detailed tables ...... 44 Appendix B: Congregations Census form ...... 48 Appendix C: Ministers Census questions ...... 51 Appendix D: List of participating churches ...... 57

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List of Tables Table 1: Congregations Census response rates by Presbytery ...... 2 Table 2: Ministers Census participating ministers and response rates ...... 2 Table 3: Number of churches ...... 5 Table 4: Terms churches use to describe themselves ...... 5 Table 5: Locality of churches by Presbytery ...... 6 Table 6: Year churches were founded by Presbytery ...... 6 Table 7: Year churches were founded by locality ...... 7 Table 8: Other religious groups meeting at the church location by Presbytery ...... 7 Table 9: Other religious groups meeting at the church location by locality ...... 7 Table 10: National estimates of weekly attendance, 1991 to 2013 ...... 8 Table 11: Estimates of worship service attendance by Presbytery ...... 8 Table 12: Median (mean) attendance at other spiritual nurture activities by Presbytery ...... 14 Table 13: Median (mean) attendance at other spiritual nurture activities by locality ...... 14 Table 14: Most common ethnic groups in churches ...... 15 Table 15: Ethnic groups listed as the most common in churches ...... 16 Table 16: Churches with a direct relationship with Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander people by Presbytery . 16 Table 17: Churches with a direct relationship with Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander people by locality ...... 16 Table 18: Number of staff in churches by Presbytery ...... 17 Table 19: Number of staff in churches by locality ...... 17 Table 20: Staff characteristics by Presbytery (percentages of staff) ...... 17 Table 21: Staff characteristics by locality (percentages of staff) ...... 18 Table 22: Minister/pastor characteristics by Presbytery (percentages of ministers/pastors) ...... 18 Table 23: Minister/pastor characteristics by locality (percentages of ministers/pastors) ...... 18 Table 24: Median (mean) of activities in churches in the past year by Presbytery ...... 19 Table 25: Median (mean) of activities in churches in the past year by locality ...... 19 Table 26: Number of weekly worship services by Presbytery ...... 20 Table 27: Number of weekly worship services by locality...... 20 Table 28: Provision of primary or secondary schools by Presbytery ...... 20 Table 29: Provision of primary or secondary schools by locality ...... 20 Table 30: Group provision in the past 12 months by Presbytery ...... 21 Table 31: Group provision in the past 12 months by locality ...... 21 Table 32: Social services or social action activities by Presbytery ...... 22 Table 33: Social services or social action activities by locality ...... 23 Table 34: Evangelistic activities by Presbytery ...... 23 Table 35: Evangelistic activities by locality ...... 24 Table 36: Faith formation activities by Presbytery ...... 24 Table 37: Faith formation activities by locality ...... 24 Table 38: Social activities by Presbytery ...... 25 Table 39: Social activities by locality ...... 25 Table 40: Commitment to people in developing countries by Presbytery ...... 26 Table 41: Commitment to people in developing countries by locality ...... 26 Table 42: Median (mean) number of people per church involved in mission by Presbytery ...... 27 Table 43: Median (mean) number of people per church involved in mission by locality ...... 27 Table 44: Support of overseas mission work by Presbytery...... 27 Table 45: Support of overseas mission work by locality ...... 28 Table 46: Number of ministers ...... 29 Table 47: Gender of ministers by active and retired ...... 29 Table 48: Age of ministers by active and retired ...... 29

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Table 49: Educational attainment of ministers by active and retired ...... 29 Table 50: Theological educational attainment by active and retired ...... 30 Table 51: Ordination/commissioning/recognition of ministers by active and retired ...... 31 Table 52: Year of ordination/commissioning of ministers by active and retired ...... 31 Table 53: Year ministers ordained by other denomination started ministry with the Uniting Church ...... 32 Table 54: Ethnicity of ministers by active and retired ...... 32 Table 55: Language other than English by active and retired ...... 32 Table 56: Language other than English at home by active and retired ...... 32 Table 57: Ministers’ first language by active and retired ...... 33 Table 58: Employment status of ministers by ministry status ...... 33 Table 59: Participating ministers not retired and retired ...... 33 Table 60: Non-placement types of ministry by active and retired ...... 34 Table 61: Number of placements by active and retired ...... 34 Table 62: Type of placement for single placements ...... 35 Table 63: Proportion of full-time load for single placements ...... 35 Table 64: Stipend/wage for single placements ...... 35 Table 65: Type of placement for multi-part placements ...... 36 Table 66: Proportion of full-time load for multi-part placements ...... 36 Table 67: Stipend/wage for multi-part placements ...... 36 Table 68: Type of placement for multiple placements (placement 1) ...... 37 Table 69: Proportion of full-time load for multiple placements (placement 1) ...... 38 Table 70: Stipend/wage for multiple placements (placement 1) ...... 38 Table 71: Type of placement for multiple placements (placement 2) ...... 38 Table 72: Proportion of full-time load for multiple placements (placement 2) ...... 39 Table 73: Stipend/wage for multiple placements (placement 2) ...... 39 Table 74: Type of placement for multiple placements (placement 3) ...... 39 Table 75: Proportion of full-time load for multiple placements (placement 3) ...... 40 Table 76: Stipend/wage for multiple placements (placement 3) ...... 40 Table 77: Chaplains and their type of placement ...... 40 Table 78: Ministers with a Presbytery ministry role and their type of placement ...... 41 Table 79: Ministers with a Synod role and their type of placement ...... 41

List of Figures Figure 1: Total worship service attendance by Presbytery (displayed as percentage) ...... 8 Figure 2: Total worship service attendance by locality (displayed as percentage) ...... 9 Figure 3: Total children at worship services by Presbytery (displayed as percentage)...... 9 Figure 4: Total children at worship services by locality (displayed as percentage) ...... 10 Figure 5: Number of churches in different size categories ...... 10 Figure 6: Median weekly attendance and number of children by Presbytery ...... 11 Figure 7: Percentage of churches in different size categories by Presbytery ...... 11 Figure 8: Percentage of churches in different size categories by locality ...... 12 Figure 9: Number of churches with grouped numbers of children ...... 12 Figure 10: Percentage of churches with grouped numbers of children by Presbytery ...... 13 Figure 11: Percentage of churches with certain amounts of children by locality ...... 13 Figure 12: Theological education of UCA Queensland ministers ...... 30 Figure 13: Year of ordination of UCA Queensland ministers ...... 31 Figure 14: Type of placement for UCA Queensland ministers (single placements, single placements with multiple parts only) ...... 37

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1 Introduction – purpose and scope of report

The UCA used to collect triennial statistics but has not done so since 1990. In 2013, the President of the Uniting Church Assembly, the Revd. Prof. Andrew Dutney, commissioned NCLS Research to conduct a census of UCA congregations and ministers. The purpose was to collect up to date information about ministers, staffing, church size and other features to inform his work and to prepare for conferences to be held in 2014.

This document is a technical report containing the full results of the census for the Queensland Synod. A shorter report is provided separately with charts and summaries to highlight key points.

2 Methodology

2.1 Data collection

The census project consisted of two components – a census of congregations and a census of ministers. The Congregations Census was a location-based survey, and was provided to churches both in hard copy and soft copy (online) formats. The Ministers Census was an online-only survey.

Databases of contact details for churches and ministers were provided by the Synods.

Churches were instructed to complete one Congregations Census form per location/address and to answer the questions based on the whole gathering of attenders who were part of the church/congregation meeting at that address (not just individual church services). If another Uniting Church congregation also met at that address, they were instructed to complete their own survey form.

A qualification must be made as to what the term ‘minister’ refers to in the Ministers Census. The request to participate in the Ministers Census went to everyone in each Synod’s database of ministers, which included people who were and were not ordained. Some respondents contacted us saying they weren’t a ‘minister’, but they were asked to still participate on the basis of their inclusion in Synod databases. This broad definition of ministers should be kept in mind when interpreting results.

Data collection ran from August 2013, and concluded in January 2014. Congregations received an invitation/request to participate in the post, followed by two reminders (one by email and one by post). Ministers with email addresses received an email invitation and three reminders. Ministers without email addresses received one invitation letter in the post.

2.2 Response rates and treatment of missing data

2.2.1 Congregations Census

Out of a total of 2,078 UCA churches nationally, 1,471 returned the Census form (1,252 returned a hard copy, 219 filled out the survey online), yielding a 72% response rate. This left 28% of UCA churches unaccounted for in the 2013 Census. In order to help rectify this problem and boost the representativeness of the data, missing data was dealt with via two methods. First, churches that hadn’t completed the 2013 Census had data backfilled from their responses to the 2012 NCLS Church Census and the 2011 NCLS Operations Survey where responses were available. Second, for those churches that had no previous data, mean scores were imputed. This was done on a Synod level, where a Synod’s mean score on a variable (excluding outlying scores) was adopted for a church (location) with missing data on that variable. Note that these methods of backfilling and imputing were only applied to three questions of interest in the Census: number of staff (q10), number of weekly attenders (q11), and number of children (q12). This

Page 2 2013 Uniting Church Census Technical Report treatment of missing data allows for estimates of national figures for these questions, overcoming the problem of response rates. Results for all other questions in this report are based solely on those churches that responded.

The response rate for the Queensland Synod was 71%. Response rates varied by Presbytery as shown in Table 1. When interpreting results in this report, readers should bear in mind the small number of churches and low participation rate in the Calvary Presbytery.

Table 1: Congregations Census response rates by Presbytery Bremer Central Mary Moreton North South The Queensland Brisbane Calvary Qld Burnett Rivers Qld Moreton Downs Valid 235 36 2 27 31 35 26 40 38 Missing 98 11 5 14 12 19 15 11 11 Response rate 71% 77% 29% 66% 72% 65% 63% 78% 78% Source: 2013 UCA Census and NCLS Admin database. Based on 333 locations.

2.2.2 Ministers Census

1,645 ministers completed the Census form, out of 2,475 ministers in total (2,453 ministers listed in the databases provided by the six Synods1, and an additional 22 ministers mainly from Queensland who were not in the databases but contacted NCLS Research with a request to participate). Twenty-eight people commenced but did not complete the survey – they were removed from the dataset and any data that they did provide is not in the reported results.

Unlike for the Congregations Census, no imputations have been calculated where data is missing. With the exception of Table 2, no results are given based on the databases provided by the Synods. Differences in formats of the databases held by the Synods make national estimation difficult. Therefore results are presented based only on responses provided by the ministers who participated in the Census.

The number of participating ministers in Queensland is given in Table 2.

Table 2: Ministers Census participating ministers and response rates Number Total Response participating number rate Queensland 197 292 67% National 1645 2475 66% Source: 2013 UCA Census and databases provided by Synods.

2.3 Conventions used in this report

As explained in section 2.1, the Congregations Census is a location-based survey – note however that separate congregations meeting at the same location were asked to fill out separate forms. Unless specified otherwise, the term “church” is used throughout this report to refer to church location/congregation.

There are three types of tables given in this report:

1 This is after removing several duplicates and deceased ministers from the databases. These details will be included in the databases returned to the Assembly.

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 Tables that display total numbers of churches or individuals;  Tables that display proportions of churches or individuals, expressed as a percentage of the total number of churches or individuals; and  Tables that display median (and sometimes mean) numbers of individuals that go to a church (or numbers of activities that occur in a church). The median number of individuals is the number of individuals in the 50th percentile church.2

Unless stated otherwise in the table captions, the tables report proportions (percentages). Unless indicated otherwise these percentages are:  Percentages of churches in the case of the Congregations Census, and  Percentages of individuals in the case of the Ministers survey.

The total number of churches or ministers from which the results are drawn are specified in the footer of tables and charts, together with the proportions of churches/ministers who returned survey forms where data is missing. Readers should be cautious with results where there are large proportions of missing data.

For the Congregations Census, crosstabulations of results by Presbytery and by locality are provided. There are four localities:  Small rural: comprising rural areas (less than 200 people), and small rural towns (200 to 2,000 people);  Large rural: comprising rural service centres (2,000 to 10,000 people) and large rural centres (10,000 to 20,000 people);  Regional: comprising regional centres (more than 20,000 people); and  Urban: centre of a State or Territory capital city or suburbs of a State or Territory capital city.

For the Ministers Census, crosstabulations of results by ministry status are provided. There are two variables used for ministry status:  “Active” versus “Not active”. “Active” comprises ministers who indicated that they are either in a placement in the UCA or are looking for a placement, whereas “Not active” is those who are not in a placement and are not looking for a placement; and  “Retired” versus “Not retired”. “Retired” ministers are those ministers who indicated in response to a question about their employment status that they are retired, “Not retired” is everyone else.

2.4 Limitations

There are several limitations that readers of this report need to bear in mind in relation to the congregations results:  A substantial minority 28% of churches did not respond to the request to participate.  UAICC and minority migrant-ethnic churches appear to be largely missing.

Based on the Ministers Census results, and on feedback from respondents, there are several limitations in relation to the ministers results:  The Census results are limited by the currency and comprehensiveness of the databases of ministers provided by the Synods.  Ministers without email addresses are heavily under-represented in the results. These ministers tend to be retired/elderly.  The participation of UAICC ministers is low.

2 A median of zero individuals would mean that that in at least 50% of churches, there are zero individuals.

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 The invitation email invited “ministers” to participate in the survey. Some people in the Synod databases who are not in specified ministries may not have considered themselves to be a minister and may therefore not have participated.  In the placements section of the survey, the proportion of full-time load question was not understood by some respondents. Definitions for > and <= were added to the online survey partway through the data collection period to attempt to rectify this problem. Nevertheless, high missing values (approximately a fifth of ministers in placement) are indicative of this misunderstanding.  Only respondents who indicated that they were in a placement were able to proceed to the second part of the Census about placements. Those not in placements e.g. lay people in chaplaincy roles, were unable to give details of their ministry.  The Census did not capture the breadth of the types of ministry in which ministers (retired ministers especially) are involved. The only options available were Supply Ministry, Minister in Association and Intentional Interim Ministry. Other options such as teaching, participation in church committees, chaplaincy etc were not provided as options for respondents to select.  Uniting Church ministers in placement with other denominations were unable to indicate this.  The options provided for theological education are not sufficiently comprehensive for older ministers who completed their formal training many years ago.

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3 Congregations Census results

3.1 Number of churches and church structure

Table 3: Number of churches Bremer Mary More- South Queen- Bris- Central Bur- ton North More- The sland bane Calvary Qld nett Rivers Qld ton Downs Total locations/congregations 2013 333 47 7 41 43 54 41 51 49 Total clusters 2013 72 6 1 12 12 9 12 5 15 Median number of locations/congregations per cluster 2013 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 Total single-location churches 2013 173 34 5 18 16 38 19 35 8 Total congregations 518 1990 % change 1990-2013 -36% Source: For 2013 figures: NCLS Admin database. Based on 333 locations. For 1990 figures: General Secretary’s report to the 6th Assembly.

3.2 Church character

Table 4: Terms churches use to describe themselves Which of the following terms does this local church Queensland use to describe itself as a gathering? % Congregation 88 Faith community 10 Parish mission 0 Parish 11 Campus 1 Linked centre 6 Worship centre 19 Worship service 19 Faith community linked with school 1 Other 8 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 232 locations (1.3% missing). Note: other terms that they used to describe themselves are given in the Appendix.

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Table 5: Locality of churches by Presbytery Queens- Bremer Central Mary Moreton Nort South The land Brisbane Calvary Qld Burnett Rivers h Qld Moreton Downs % % % % % % % % % Rural area (less than 200 people) 11 6 50 8 3 13 12 5 24 Small rural town (200 to 2,000 people) 20 19 0 28 24 9 27 0 37 Rural service centre (2,000 to 10,000 people) 19 19 0 28 34 0 23 8 24 Large rural centre (10,000 to 20,000 people) 4 0 0 12 7 0 4 0 5 Regional centre (more than 20,000 people) 21 11 50 24 28 9 27 36 11 Centre of a State or Territory capital city 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Suburbs of a State or Territory capital city 26 44 0 0 3 63 8 51 0 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 227 locations (3.4% missing).

Table 6: Year churches were founded by Presbytery Queens- Bremer Central Mary Moreton North South The land Brisbane Calvary Qld Burnett Rivers Qld Moreton Downs % % % % % % % % % After 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2007-2011 1 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2002-2006 3 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 6 1997-2001 2 0 0 4 3 0 8 0 0 1990-1996 8 11 50 0 3 12 12 13 3 1980-1989 8 0 0 4 13 18 12 10 0 1970-1979 8 6 0 23 0 3 4 10 15 1960-1969 5 3 0 8 7 6 8 5 0 1950-1959 8 6 50 9 5 6 16 8 5 1900-1949 30 19 0 24 56 21 22 27 45 Before 1900 25 49 0 27 13 29 12 20 27 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 226 locations (3.8% missing).

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Table 7: Year churches were founded by locality

Queensland Small rural Large rural Regional Urban % % % % % After 2011 0 0 0 0 2 2007-2011 1 2 0 0 3 2002-2006 3 5 0 0 7 1997-2001 2 3 0 2 0 1990-1996 8 6 7 11 11 1980-1989 8 5 4 15 7 1970-1979 8 6 13 8 8 1960-1969 5 6 4 3 7 1950-1959 8 6 4 9 13 1900-1949 30 36 41 27 17 Before 1900 25 26 28 25 25 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 220 locations (6.4% missing).

Table 8: Other religious groups meeting at the church location by Presbytery Are there any other congregations or religious groups (i.e. not a part of this local church) that meet % at this location? Queensland 32 Bremer Brisbane 33 Calvary 100 Central Qld 13 Mary Burnett 24 Moreton Rivers 44 North Qld 40 South Moreton 40 The Downs 18 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 228 locations (3.0% missing).

Table 9: Other religious groups meeting at the church location by locality Are there any other congregations or religious groups (i.e. not a part of this local church) that meet % at this location? Queensland 32 Small rural 24 Large rural 18 Regional 36 Urban 51 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Based on 221 locations (6.0% missing).

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3.3 Attendance

Table 10: National estimates of weekly attendance, 1991 to 2013 Type 1991 2001 2013 Weekly attenders (all ages) 162,800 126,600 97,200 UCA adherents (thousands) 1,387.7 1,248.7 1,065.8* UCA adherents (% of Australian population) 8.2% 6.6% 5.0% % of UCA adherents who attend weekly 11.7% 10.1% 9.1% * This figure is for 2011, not 2013. Source: 2013 UCA Census. Estimates based on 2,078 locations (0% missing). Bellamy, J. & Castle, K. (2004) NCLS Occasional Paper 3: 2001 Church Attendance Estimates, Sydney: NCLS Research. NCLS Research (2003) 1991 Estimates datafile, Sydney: NCLS Research. National Census of Population and Housing, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1991, 2001, 2011.

Table 11: Estimates of worship service attendance by Presbytery Bremer Central Mary Moreton North South The Queensland Brisbane Calvary Qld Burnett Rivers Qld Moreton Downs # # # # # # # # # Weekly attenders (all ages) 21,058 2,674 317 1,764 2,680 3,990 2,233 5,570 1,828 Weekly attenders (children) 3,110 377 70 256 204 598 487 866 251 Source: 2013 UCA Census. Estimates based on 333 locations (0% missing).

Figure 1: Total worship service attendance by Presbytery (displayed as percentage)