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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/persagen/statuses/112819926701013707">Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (persagen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Aug-2024 04:08:32 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen" title="persagen@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/156189-48-20240908055012.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112819908534949277" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>/4</p><p>Scholar charted decline in religion; church he pastors closing its doors<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0</a></p><p>* 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019<br>* churches dwindle due to scandal, conflict, mobility, indifference, lower birth rates, switching to a church they like better<br>* most Americans remain religious<br>* some surveys suggest that the long rise of the “nones” has slowed/paused<br>* nonreligious far more common today in U.S./other nations than generation ago</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" rel="tag">#religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demographics" rel="tag">#demographics</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3536091#notice-6943641">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-19T04:08:32+09:00" title="Monday, 19-Aug-2024 04:08:32 JST">Monday, 19-Aug-2024 04:08:32 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112819926701013707" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112819926701013707">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: dims.apnews.com</div><h5><a href="https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0">As a scholar, he's charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors has closed its doors</a></h5><div></div></header><div>First Baptist Church of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, has held the last service of its 156-year history. It's among many U.S. churches that close their doors each year.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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https://apnews.com/article/illinois-christian-baptist-church-closure-religious-trends-c6b9e938eb228c8018fb911b02a791f0
* 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019
* churches dwindle due to scandal, conflict, mobility, indifference, lower birth rates, switching to a church they like better
* most Americans remain religious
* some surveys suggest that the long rise of the “nones” has slowed/paused
* nonreligious far more common today in U.S./other nations than generation ago
#USA #religion #demographics
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