Tougher times see churches increase attendance
Church flocks are growing as people search for a deeper meaning during the recession.
Christ Church Cathedral Dean Peter Beck said Anglican churches had seen an increase in congregation numbers.
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Divine intervention
He was the kind of man you’d pass in the street without a second glance a good, solid, salt-of-the-earth type who’d always been able to support his family with his skills.
Now he sits slumped in a chair in a church office, looking down at his clenched workingman’s hands. The events of the last few weeks have stripped him of pride. There are tears in his eyes.

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