For some people religion is an important part of their lives providing spiritual inspiration, contact with others and a means to participate in the life of the local community. Membership of Trinitarian churches was lower at the end of the twentieth century than at its beginning. In 1970, 9.3 million people in the United Kingdom were active members of a Trinitarian church, but this has declined by almost a third to 6.6 million in 1990.
In contrast to the decline in membership of Trinitarian churches, there has been a substantial increase in adult active membership among non-Trinitarian churches and other religions in recent years. This has been particularly the case among the Sikh and Muslim faiths since the 1970s. Nonetheless, membership of these religions is still relatively small, c...
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