Experts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade.
Many churches will be unable to escape this “tsunami” of closings — a grim trajectory one pastor described as, “Every year the pews are getting emptier and the collection plates getting lighter.”



Reverend Richard Coles seems like the kind of guy to actually do this but I only know him from panel shows with rude jokes.