Episcopal Church Statistics

ECUSA's national web site has a fascinating resource available on-line. It provides diocesan, parish and ZIP code level statistics on membership, attendance, and giving for every location in the United States. You may find the search engine for this data on ECUSA's web site. The chart for the diocese of Fort Worth may be found here. The chart for my home parish, St. Vincent's in Bedford, indicates growth in membership and giving at the cathedral since the Rev. Ryan Reed became dean four years ago, which is encouraging. Sunday morning attendance is up, but not nearly as much as we would like. Is fallout from GenCon 2003 responsible for the sluggish growth in attendance at St. Vincent's between 2003 and 2004? Still, there is a very lively atmosphere at St. Vincent's these days. Our school is growing well, and the parish nursery is being expanded because we have so many little ones coming to church these days!I feel confident that average attendance statistics will be up when the 2005 numbers are released. BTW, notice the steep drop at SVCC in 2000/2001. This reflects the departure of the long time dean, the Rev. Louis Tobola, at that time. Fr Tobola became founding vicar of a mission parish in a fast-growing near-by suburb, St. Barnabas' Church in Keller.