Attendance in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is up by double digits for the third consecutive year, according to congregational report data released June 19 during the denomination’s Provincial Council meeting at Trinity Anglican Seminary in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
“We’ve grown in every category that we track,” said Dan Hassler, director of administration and operations. “We are at highest attendance and membership of all time.”
The denomination in 2024 reported a net increase of 14 congregations to a total of 1,027, an increase in membership of 1,997 (+1.5 percent) to a total of 130,111 and an increase in attendance of 11,354 (+13.4 percent) to a total of 96,148.
“It is humbling and incredible,” Archbishop Steve Wood said of the numbers in his opening address to the council. “And it makes me eager to see what the Lord is up to next.”
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Comment by Corvus Corax on June 23, 2025 at 2:24 pm
Thanks be to God!
Comment by Thomas on June 23, 2025 at 11:44 pm
This is great, but I am fed up with The Living Church, because I think we should avoid the same places attended by heretics.
Comment by Greg on June 24, 2025 at 12:21 am
There are more members than attendees?
Comment by Jeffrey Walton on June 24, 2025 at 11:36 am
Yes. Not all members attend every week, so average Sunday attendance (or, in ACNA, average principal worship attendance) is usually the lower of the two figures.
Comment by Tim Mc on June 24, 2025 at 7:29 am
If there was a ACNA church in my area, we would join in a minute. Closest one is 4 hours away.
Comment by Jeffrey Walton on June 24, 2025 at 11:43 am
Tim, out of curiosity, what region are you in? There are some pockets of the country with no ACNA presence (southwest Florida, broad stretches of the upper Great Plains, Michigan’s upper peninsula, some parts of the western interior and, surprisingly, middle Georgia). Unsurprisingly, people are planting where they are from or places they want to live in. That usually means college towns and major metropolitan centers.
Comment by Evan Baker on June 24, 2025 at 11:20 am
Any link to the actual report for those of us who are statistical nerds?
Comment by Jeffrey Walton on June 24, 2025 at 11:38 am
Evan, the statistical report hasn’t been issued online yet, but I’ve shared some photos of key pages from the physical packet in my Twitter feed.
Comment by Tim Mc on June 24, 2025 at 2:09 pm
Southwestern side of the Great Plains
Comment by Thomas on June 24, 2025 at 3:42 pm
Jeffrey, with all due respect, don`t you think ACNA people shouldn`t be publishing articles in The Living Church? There are better places where you can publish your articles and we should avoid places who endorse heresies, since The Living Church is still TEC affiliated.
Comment by Jeffrey Walton on June 25, 2025 at 10:52 am
Thomas, at IRD we are encouraged to write for other outlets in order to expand our readership. I’ve also written for The Gospel Coalition and Mere Orthodoxy. I trust my editor, who is theologically orthodox. The Living Church is an independent foundation that provides independent reporting of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, it is not an arm of 815 like Episcopal News Service is.
Comment by Thomas on June 25, 2025 at 1:15 pm
Thanks for the explanation. I still think it’s a poorly attended place.
Comment by Different Steve on June 26, 2025 at 8:48 am
I rarely like an article at Living Church but most of their audience and contributors probably don’t like an article that presents ACNA in a positive light so what’s not to like. Besides the name of this website includes the word “ecumenical” so outreach like this should be expected.
Comment by Thomas on June 27, 2025 at 7:41 pm
Steve, I certainly wouldn`t be in this website if I wasn`t for ecumenism. We often have nowadays more in common with other denominations in essential matters of faith, like human sexuality and the sanctity of human life, than with some who claim to be from our own but have gone apostate.