ABSTRACT
A survey of Church in Wales churchwardens undertaken during 2003 in the dioceses of Bangor and Llandaff included twelve questions central to the idea of children receiving communion before confirmation. Analyses of the responses to these questions show few differences in the views of churchwardens from rural parishes compared with the views of church-wardens from urban parishes. More significantly when compared with studies concerning the views of Church in Wales clergy on children receiving communion before confirmation, churchwardens emerge as notably less supportive than clergy. It is argued that clergy and church-wardens need to work closely together to ensure that parishes move forward in an agreed way.
