Posts Tagged ‘Hartford Institute for Religion Research’

30% of US congregations won’t survive the next 20 years

Thursday, October 21st, 2021
US congregations won't survive

A new, extensive multifaith study predicts that 30% of US religious congregations won’t survive the next 20 years due to a dramatic reduction in attendance. A survey of 15,278 congregations in 80 Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Ba’hai denominations found that large congregations continued to grow. In contrast, smaller congregations shrank in 2020, according to the Read more