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.”

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[–] 3 points 9 hours ago

The might be getting the larger share of a dwindling pool overall. The percentage of Americans that are xtian has gone down a lot.

From early 90s being ~90% to ~63% around 2022, anyway. That's quite a tidal shift.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

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