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By The Numbers: Religious Education Growth Trends

Last week we looked at the numbers reported in February 2015, a snap shot of this past year. “Who are we now?”

Our UU congregations are created by 180,617 adult members and 56,429 enrolled children and youth across the United States for a total of 237,046 UU people. 23.8% of our communities are children and youth.

This week we look at growth trends in Religious Education Enrollment. I’ve also included Public School trends from the National Center for Education Statistics. They currently have statistics publicly published through 2012.

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And now a look at our regions (note that UUA and US Public School regions are different)…

Next week we’ll go deeper into the growth by region and size of congregation.

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Rev. Tandi Rogers loves numbers because they help us see ourselves more clearly and break down assumptions.

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November 15th, 2015

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By the Numbers: Religious Education Snap Shot

Happy Friday! It’s time for some numbers. This is the beginning of a series on Religious Education Enrollment. These are self-reporting numbers by UU congregations in the United States representing the number of children and youth enrolled in their religious education programs.

This week we’re looking the numbers reported in February 2015, a snap shot of this past year. “Who are we now?”

I break down the congregations by 7 different sizes, because I primarily prepare analysis for Congregational Life. I’m a practitioner supporting the work of other practitioners. We recognize that each size category has special needs and characteristics.

Next week I will dig deeper into the size differences by region. This is where similarities and differences are teased out. And after that I’ll begin to shed light on growth trends of Religious Education Enrollment. Stay tuned…

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Rev. Tandi Rogers loves numbers because they help us see ourselves more clearly and break down assumptions.