27% of churchgoers in England read Bible at least once a week outside of church services.
"Pulling out of the Nose Dive" by Peter Brierley details the results of the 2005 UK church census.
Here are some stats about Bible reading in England:
27% of churchgoers in England in 2005 claimed to read the Bible personally at least once a week, outside of church services [versus 45% in the USA].
How does that work out according to churchmanship?
Anglican 24%
Baptist 27%
Methodist 27%
Broad 42%
Pentecostal 62%
Independent 64%
New Church 66%.
Those from a non-white ethnicity read the Bible much more than those who were white -- 40% to 25%.
...the larger the (Protestant) church when the congregation exceeds 300 the greater the proportion who read the Bible.
