The Demographic Shift in the Diocese of Toronto
Toronto Diocese Church
Sources
- "Boom, Bust Echo" by David K. Foot with Daniel Stoffman (Macfarlane Want Ross, Toronto, 1996)
- "Sex in the Snow - Canadian Social Values at the End of the Millennium" by Michael Adams (Viking Published by the Penguin Group, Toronto, 1997)
- Statistics Canada Reports 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1996. "Selected Social and Economic Characteristics" (Minister of Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa)
- Convening Circulars - "Statistical Returns - Appendix E" (The Diocese of Toronto, 1998)
- "Diocesan Directory" - January 1, 1998. Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Toronto.
- "Sizing Up a Congregation for New Member Ministry" by Arlin Rothauge.
- "The Church Growth Diagnostic Clinic"
- "Boomers: Twisting The Retirement Mindset" August 7, 2007 By David Rando, JD, CLU, ChFC
Why not conduct a survey of your congregation on an average Sunday, i.e. not Easter, Christmas or a Baptism Sunday? Draw an "Age/Sex Profile" for your congregation of percentages of the whole in male/female and in five-year age brackets. Compare it to the "Age/Sex Profile" of your wider community. (You will need to compile it yourself from the statistics given.) You might be very surprised by the comparison.
"Parish Test"