Report Stresses Optimistic Interpretation of Church Statistics

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[The Living Church] March 9, 2006--The Rev. Reynolds Cheney was his humorous self March 8 while delivering to Executive Council a report that details continued losses in the Episcopal Church’s count of baptized members and in average Sunday attendance (ASA).

Are we to conclude that 60% of the Episcopalians who have not left the Episcopal Church have their eyes closed? "If we ignore the problem, it will go away."