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.”

  • Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    3 days ago

    If churches practiced what they preach young people would go. The old that are supposed to lead by example are actively showing they can’t.

    • becausechemistry@piefed.socialEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      I mean, a lot of them are practicing exactly what they preach. The problem is that they preach a hateful political program that considers anything outside of what they consider “normal” worthy of violent repression.