Global South starts cutting ties with Canterbury

After a half-century of decline, the U.S. Episcopal Church has 1.5 million members, and its average weekly attendance was just above 500,000 before COVID-19 and 300,000 afterward.

After decades of explosive growth, the Anglican Church of Nigeria claims about 18 million members, and the Center for Global Christianity near Boston estimates it has 22 million active participants in worship.

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