Ruth Gledhill writes in the London Times about a campaign to have non-believing Britons rescind their baptisms in the Church of England. With support from the National Secular Society, the campaign hopes that that a lower count of baptized Church members will translate into diminished membership numbers and, ultimately, the disestablishment of the church:
A Church of England spokesman told The Times: ‘Renouncing baptism is a matter between the individual and God—whether they believe in Him or not. As the National Secular Society is aware, the Church of England does not collect data on, nor make claims about, its membership by reference to baptism.’
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Yet as the above links show, the baptismal statistics are used by international bodies and even by our own Parliamentary commissions when assessing the amount of influence, seats at the WCC table or even on the bench of bishops, to afford the established church.
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