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Podcast: Church Times Live: where are all the young people? A panel of youthworkers discuss

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02 November 2018

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Where are all the young people?

Across the country, the average C of E church has just three children attending, and the smallest 25 per cent have none at all.

At the Christian Resources Exhibition last month, the Church Times Live event brought together a panel of youth workers to talk about this: Ali Campbell, who runs the Resource youthwork consultancy; Savannah John-Leighton, Youth Leader at St John’s, Hoxton in London; and Polly Baker, who works as a youthworker on an estate. The session was chaired by Madeleine Davies.

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