A new poll has indicated that a majority of Christians who identified as members of Church of England do not read the Bible.

The survey, commissioned by the Church of England and conducted by ComRes, found that 60 percent of the Church’s adherents do not read the Bible. Thirty-six percent admitted that they never attend the Church’s services, and 29 percent said they never pray. Only six percent said that they read the Bible, pray, and attend church on a regular basis.

Rachel Jordan, the Church of England’s National Mission and Evangelism adviser, said that the results reveal “a real sense of the scale of the task ahead.”

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