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.”
This is golden, and absolutely true in my experience. All the small churches in my region have been in decline for a couple of decades and the mega church full-theater production prosperity gospel evangelicals are stomping them out. It’s a duplicate of the Walmart strategy.