cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52667802

Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade.

Many churches will be unable to escape this “tsunami” of closings — a grim trajectory one pastor described as, “Every year the pews are getting emptier and the collection plates getting lighter.”

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[+] -8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

But there are downsides too. /j

Edit: woosh, I'm all for closing churches because people aren't stupid enough to go there any more, yay! So I think it is a good thing. Hence the joke "there are downsides too".

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