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.”

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.”

  • 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·
      2 days ago

      It’s just women, after all.

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