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Eight in 10 U.S. churches now provide hybrid services...
Amid COVID-19, most churches provide hybrid worship, half stopped picnics
by: Adelle M. Banks Nov. 10, 2021 (RNS) — Eight in 10 U.S. churches now provide hybrid services, offering options for congregants to worship either in person or online duringRead More
The (Faith Communities Today) survey, fielded just before the coronavirus lockdown, finds that half of the country’s estimated 350,000 religious congregations had 65 or fewer people in attendance on any given weekend.
Study: Attendance hemorrhaging at small and midsize US congregations
by: Yonat Shimron Oct.14, 2021 (RNS) — A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational life across theRead More