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Article: CREDIT CRUNCH SEES RISE IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 8, 2008
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London, Dec. 08 -- (ANI): With the ongoing credit crunch thousands of people are once again turning back to religion, the Church of England has revealed.
The rise in church attendance has been seen all over the country ever since the recession, and church elders believe that the economic downturn meant people are rethinking their values.
In September, when the annual service back to Church Sunday was held, where members of the church are encouraged to invite a friend to a service, 37,000 new congregants attended the service, which was almost twice the number who attended in 2007. Reverend Canon Paul Bayes, the ...