Church of England Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Personnel == In 2020, there were almost 20,000 active clergy serving in the Church of England, including 7,200 retired clergy who continued to serve. In that year, 580 were ordained (330 in stipendiary posts and 250 in self-supporting parochial posts) and a further 580 ordinands began their training.<ref name="Ministry2020">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Ministry Statistics 2020 |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/ministry-statistics-2020-report-final.pdf |website=Church of England |pages=2, 3 |date=2021 |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref> In that year, 33% of those in ordained ministry were female, an increase from the 26% reported in 2016.<ref name="Ministry2020" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page