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.”
Megachurchs often don’t outlast their founders. Many if the early ones are closing now
Also mega churches tend to have a lot of drama by those running it. I’m thinking of hillside or is it hillsong, but there are many others. And mega churches are also huge, meaning that many people are impacted and many people post about it.
Anyone remember Ted Haggard? Talk about some drama…dude was one of the most influential evangelicals, then, whoops, turns out he was up to a lot of “sinning”.