As part of what the Diocese refers to as its “road to renewal.” It’s a pretty biblical term for the problem that churches are facing: People aren’t attending as often as they once did.
According to Zielenieski, 59% of the diocese’s churches are spending more than they get, and on average, more than half of them are baptising less than one person each month.
“It’s my job and role to not just pray about the situation, but to then look at the hard data and say, where does the church need to move?” He told ABC News.
According to Gallup, about 80% of Americans claimed to be members of a church, synagogue, mosque, or temple in the late 1940s.
According to the analytics firm, just 32% of people now say they worship God once a week in a house of prayer, and only 45% say the same.
According to a different Gallup study, some individuals may skip church because of child sex abuse instances. According to 37% of American Catholics in 2019, up to 22% in 2002,
