The Church of England has just released its annual load of “Statistics for Mission”. I know exactly what you’re thinking – for I’m thinking it too: “Has it really been a year? Time just flies in the world of ecclesiastical stats, huh!” Now autumn has really begun! No doubt, like me, you’re now conjuring up warm, happy memories of my blog about last year’s set of pumpkin-spiced stats. Here at the Benedict XVI Centre, it’s not so much falling leaves we spend October on the look-out for… as, err, falling church attendance graphlines. (Okay, okay, I’ll stop now. It’s been a long week.) Anyway, here’s some (very) quick takes: