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.”

    • Zephorah@discuss.onlineEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Yea. You can’t keep birth centers open without Medicaid and yet here we are.

      Safe birth/pregnancy, historically, hasn’t been a top priority though. It’s just women, after all.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        It’s just women, after all.

        gross but true; same with ‘it’s just dead babies after all’… gross, but true.