- cross-posted to:
- atheism@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- atheism@lemmy.world
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.”



The churches that do the most good are the ones that primarily serve and strengthen their surrounding community.
I’ve known a church that does this and people love it, although they still protected the rapist pastor’s son from consequences.
*pastor’s rapist son
Why not both
Just one of the weird rules of the language that none of us understand but we all intrinsically know.