The big difference I've seen in small town church attendance since 2018

I grew up going to a Methodist church in a town of about 3,000 people. Back in 2018, we'd get maybe 80 people on a good Sunday. Fast forward to this past Easter, and there were maybe 25 people in the pews. Most folks my age just stopped going after the big arguments over LGBTQ inclusion and politics got too loud. The older crowd either passed away or moved to assisted living closer to the city. Is this happening everywhere, or did our town just get hit harder than most?

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robin_wright18d ago

I used to think the decline was just a local thing, but after talking to my cousin in Ohio whose church went from 60 to 12 people, I'm starting to see it's a lot bigger than our town. The political fights really drove folks away and nobody came back after COVID.

emma76818d ago

Started small with a home group and it rebuilt way faster than the big service ever did, @robin_wright.