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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[–] 10 points 2 days ago

Yea this was my first thought.

Anecdotally, in my area (rural, 25ish miles from a mid city) many of the old-school but liberal-ish protestant denominations seem to be withering.... Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist etc.

The storefront Baptists are doing just okay, and the metal-shed-building mega or wannabe mega are booming. New Life etc

This is not a particularly great trend imo.

The ongoing schism in the Episcopal church, also not great.

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