More than 200 people came to the first event; today there are perhaps 300, with several dozen more carrying on a parallel discussion in a local pub. Inside the nave of the deconsecrated church, volunteers have been bunching chairs closer together, adding extra benches and children's seats in every scrap of space. It is not a problem most vicars struggle with on a Sunday morning.
MORE: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/03/atheist-church-sunday-assembly-islington
See also...
The Atheist Church in London Draws a Larger Crowd at Its Second Service
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/02/04/the-atheist-church-in-london-draws-a-larger-crowd-at-its-second-service/
What happens at an atheist church?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21319945
