Hearing about abuse instances made them wonder whether they would stay in the Catholic faith. Prior to the COVID-19 epidemic, America was losing up to 1,000 churches year in 2019.
Some old churches are being turned into residences or commercial spaces. Seven years ago, a posh real estate developer purchased.
A historic Methodist church in Atlanta that had just 60 members when it closed. It is now a collection of condominiums that are 3,000 square feet in size.
Some of the world’s oldest churches have even been converted into nightclubs and bars. But another church in Atlanta is going in a different direction.
With what she describes as a “God-sized” strategy, Pastor Jasmine Smothers is preventing the closure of the city’s First United Methodist church.
