Third of churches face uncertain future as they 'won't be places of worship'

Third of churches face uncertain future as they 'won't be places of worship' View Image

Almost a third of churches surveyed across the UK are said to have uncertain futures, with about 2,000 feeling they might not be used as a place of worship by the end of the decade. Comedian Hugh Dennis, currently starring as a man of the cloth in a theatre production of The Importance of Being Earnest in London, has thrown his weight behind a campaign to save them, saying they “must remain at the heart of our heritage”.

The National Churches Trust, a charity which helps churches stay open and in use, commissioned a survey of more than 3,000 churches from various denominations across the UK. It found that one in 20 churches, which it said was equivalent to about 2,000 churches UK-wide, said they w