As the pandemic recedes in the United States and in-person services resume, worries of a deepening slide in attendance are universal.Smaller organizations with older congregations that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from which they can’t recover, said the Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond, lecturer at the Harvard Divinity School and co-pastor of a church in Boston.
In Virginia, the Mount Clifton United Methodist Church experienced a similar fate. The church can seat more than 100 but the number of weekly worshippers dwindled to 10 to 15, even before the pandemic. It’s too early to know the full impact of the pandemic. Surveys do show signs of hopefulness — and also cause for concern.
Those that are successful in reemerging from the COVID-19 lockdowns will likely be those that did a better job adapting to the pandemic, said White-Hammond. Eight in 10 congregants in the U.S. reported that their services were being streamed online, Pew said. The All Dulles Area Muslim Society, whose main campus is in Sterling, Virginia, said some of its 11 locations have reopened to worshippers with safety measures.
The plaster is crumbling, the paint is peeling off the walls and dozens of its stained-glass windows need to be replaced.
I won’t be, religion has nothing to do with my faith 🙏🏻✨
Fear they will not get their money
Let’s pray that none of them go back. Just live by the golden rule, that’s all it takes!
There is to much politics being preached instead the word of God. That’s what has turned people off going to a church. The pastors are to blame, leading people away from God.
Hell no! The church is all fake prophets they hid and covered up the genocide they caused the indigenous people! If we were all spiritual like them we would be in a much better place than the catholic church they are evil! And the richest.... think about it......
“Wait, I can get a whole three extra hours on Sunday to relax? Sweet!”
Maybe if they stop with the politics people will think about going back. 🙄
Numbers of those who need a Savior will come back to our churches. Watch and see.
Hypocrites waiting for trump’s name to magically appear in the Bible
Empty churches would be far more useful and better for society if they were converted to homeless shelters. 👍🏼
maybe if so many fundamentalists weren’t actively trying to kill their members they would have better retention
Lol....yeah okay.
Our church is back yay! Most of my friends. Some of the older members said they’ll be back in the fall.
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Boy wouldn't that be tragic. /s
ONLY in Blue States are people brainwashed and fearful, just like their mind controllers want. Red States are fine and going about life normally
SPIN AP is hoping they don't
Hopefully people realize you can be spiritual and not belong to an organized religion.
The world will be better off the day religion is a thing of the past
Religious accountants was spelled wrong.
Zoom?
Churches for sell or rent! Trips to Hell 50 cent, Lot of rooms will be for sale , Just as soon many trips are made to Hell.
Church & religion are nothing but escapism...
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Thats great, no body should go back
People realized they don't need middlemen in their personal relationship with God.
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