Church Census - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:41:54 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Church Census - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 First census of churches since 1926 will begin this month https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/26/plan-for-first-census-or-churches-since-1926/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:30:07 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=42131

About 150 volunteers will track down every church in their district to gather information for New Zealand's first church census since 1926. The Church Census, which will cover all churches of all denominations or none, will be taken in March-April. New Zealand's 72 Census Districts will be covered Massey University's associate professor of history, Peter Read more

First census of churches since 1926 will begin this month... Read more]]> About 150 volunteers will track down every church in their district to gather information for New Zealand's first church census since 1926.

The Church Census, which will cover all churches of all denominations or none, will be taken in March-April.

New Zealand's 72 Census Districts will be covered

Massey University's associate professor of history, Peter Lineham, says there is no formal register of churches.

‘‘It's quite amazing, we just don't know.''

Sample surveys done by Massey University and Bible Society New Zealand have shown 14 per cent of New Zealanders go to church weekly and 20 per cent go at least once a month.

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