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Scholar charted decline in religion; church he pastors closing its doors
https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0
* 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019
* churches dwindle due to scandal, conflict, mobility, indifference, lower birth rates, switching to a church they like better
* most Americans remain religious
* some surveys suggest that the long rise of the “nones” has slowed/paused
* nonreligious far more common today in U.S./other nations than generation ago
#USA #religion #demographics
Scholar charted decline in religion; church he pastors closing its doors
https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0
* 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019
* churches dwindle due to scandal, conflict, mobility, indifference, lower birth rates, switching to a church they like better
* most Americans remain religious
* some surveys suggest that the long rise of the “nones” has slowed/paused
* nonreligious far more common today in U.S./other nations than generation ago
#USA #religion #demographics