A looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNN
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Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads.”

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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.”

  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    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”.