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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[–] 7 points 5 days ago

No doubt Trumpism draws people to mega churches spouting even more hateful rhetoric than traditional ones, so I would not necessarily count this as a win.

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