How Technocrats Used The Pandemic To Crush Thousands Of Churches In America

[pipedreams]

"For the Technocrats who orchestrated the “pandemic”, there were three main goals: crush capitalism and free market economics; start the genetic editing of humanity; crush the evangelical/protestant church. Today, thousands of churches in America continue to shutter each year.

About 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019, the last year data is available, with about 3,000 new churches opening, according to Lifeway Research. It was the first time the number of churches in the US hadn’t grown since the evangelical firm started studying the topic. With the pandemic speeding up a broader trend of Americans turning away from Christianity, researchers say the closures will only have accelerated.

“The closures, even for a temporary period of time, impacted a lot of churches. People breaking that habit of attending church means a lot of churches had to work hard to get people back to attending again,” said Scott McConnell, executive director at Lifeway Research.

“In the last three years, all signs are pointing to a continued pace of closures probably similar to 2019 or possibly higher, as there’s been a really rapid rise in American individuals who say they’re not religious.”"

https://www.technocracy.news/how-technocrats-used-the-pandemic-to-crush-churches-in-america/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity

"Protestant pastors reported that typical church attendance is only 85% of pre-pandemic levels, McConnell said, while research by the Survey Center on American Life and the University of Chicago found that in spring 2022 67% of Americans reported attending church at least once a year, compared with 75% before the pandemic.

But while Covid-19 may have accelerated the decline, there is a broader, long-running trend of people moving away from religion. In 2017 Lifeway surveyed young adults aged between 18 and 22 who had attended church regularly, for at least a year during high school. The firm found that seven out of 10 had stopped attending church regularly."

[janice6]

2 hours ago, pipedreams said:

"For the Technocrats who orchestrated the “pandemic”, there were three main goals: crush capitalism and free market economics; start the genetic editing of humanity; crush the evangelical/protestant church. Today, thousands of churches in America continue to shutter each year.

About 4,500 Protestant churches closed in 2019, the last year data is available, with about 3,000 new churches opening, according to Lifeway Research. It was the first time the number of churches in the US hadn’t grown since the evangelical firm started studying the topic. With the pandemic speeding up a broader trend of Americans turning away from Christianity, researchers say the closures will only have accelerated.

“The closures, even for a temporary period of time, impacted a lot of churches. People breaking that habit of attending church means a lot of churches had to work hard to get people back to attending again,” said Scott McConnell, executive director at Lifeway Research.

“In the last three years, all signs are pointing to a continued pace of closures probably similar to 2019 or possibly higher, as there’s been a really rapid rise in American individuals who say they’re not religious.”"

https://www.technocracy.news/how-technocrats-used-the-pandemic-to-crush-churches-in-america/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity

"Protestant pastors reported that typical church attendance is only 85% of pre-pandemic levels, McConnell said, while research by the Survey Center on American Life and the University of Chicago found that in spring 2022 67% of Americans reported attending church at least once a year, compared with 75% before the pandemic.

But while Covid-19 may have accelerated the decline, there is a broader, long-running trend of people moving away from religion. In 2017 Lifeway surveyed young adults aged between 18 and 22 who had attended church regularly, for at least a year during high school. The firm found that seven out of 10 had stopped attending church regularly."

Another possibility is that people who are actually religious see the church as just another money grabber like the midnight hucksters on TV.

I profess to be religious, but quit going when each church tells you that they are the only right one, and you should contribute money to them to fight the others.  What about God and humanity?  The reasons for churches.