One of the biggest challenges most pastors are facing right now is that a meaningful percentage of their congregation seems to have disappeared.
Or at least they think that’s what’s happening.
In the current climate of reopened in-person services, online church, so many people moving and the uncertainty of the post-pandemic world, it’s hard to tell who’s still around and who may have left.
According to Tony Morgan’s Q1 2021 Unstuck Church Report, physical church attendance is down 28% from even 2020 levels, which means that a chunk of most congregations has slipped away. (In more encouraging news, online service views are up 123%, which likely reflects the work churches have put into their online services over the last 12 months.)
But this still leaves the nagging question: where did the missing people go? Read More
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