Niche churches recruiting faster than older rivals - National - www.smh.com.au: "Nearly 20 per cent of Australians attend a Catholic, Anglican or Protestant church at least once a month and about 1.7 million (8.8 per cent) go weekly, the figures released today show."
The report shows Anglicans down 2 per cent despite strong growth in Sydney and the Uniting Church down 7 per cent. Protestant denominations in decline included Lutherans (8 per cent), Presbyterians (3 per cent) and the Salvation Army (7 per cent).
But the Baptists rose 8 per cent and Churches of Christ 7 per cent. The biggest Pentecostal denomination, Assemblies of God, rose 20 per cent, while smaller Pentecostal groups on the rise included Apostolic (20 per cent) and Christian City Churches (42 per cent).