Czech church: not dead yet
An interesting article from Prague Post online (in English) reporting The Czech church: Not dead yet, 19 percent of Czechs believe that God exists (printer-friendy version)
UPDATE (2005-10-17):
Dear Friends,
I am glad you are so interested in what is happening here in the Czech Republic. The Prague Post is a good source of information. However, the article in question may not be very accurate. The people I talked with in the ECCB's church office did not know of the poll on which the article is based.
In addition to wondering how the information was gathered and what questions were asked, they point out that the figures don't seem to be accurate. (For example, other data points to church membership of 33% of the population. The article stated that only 19% of Czechs believe in God.) The declines in the mainline churches, while substantial, appear to be overstated in the article. Additionally, different denominations use different criteria for compiling their membership statistics.
Sorry. I wish I could endorse this article, but the reservations of staff of our partner church here make that impossible.
John Michael
PC(USA) Mission Co-worker,
Czech Republic