Your church or Diocese may have been sold right out from under your feet. One day he was celebrating Communion, but the next day, your Bishop or Elder was desanctifying the building and selling the organ and the furniture.
Shrinkage Realities: An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Protestant churches alone have closed in the U.S. since 2020. Shuttered by pandemic disruptions, aging memberships, and shifting cultural demographics, closures currently outpace new church plants by about 4,000 to
7,000 annually, with projections warning that up to 100,000 may close over the next decade (Lifeway Newsroom, 2026). Please click NEXT: