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Empty pews take a financial toll on many US congregations

  • Written by David King, Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies, IUPUI
Remote worship is becoming the norm during the pandemicAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

As some 350,000 American churches and other houses of worship scramble to meet the spiritual and – increasingly – material needs of their members remotely, they are doing so on a tighter budget than usual.

That’s because they’re missing out on...

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