Two Scary Reasons Church People Aren’t Coming Back to Church

Here’s my concern: As we remove the remaining protocols, I fear our in-person numbers won’t increase that rapidly. They may not increase at all. Not because everyone is still afraid of COVID or watching our online service stream.

I’m afraid we’ve lost a significant percentage of former church attenders for good.

Of course, some are attending in-person church services. Some have left our church permanently for other churches in the area. The intense polarization of virtually every topic created additional pandemics of anger and frustration that led to some unnecessary sheep-swapping. But even taking those who are attending elsewhere into account, we are missing a lot of people.

There are massive numbers of people completely missing in church action (MICA). As far as I can tell, they divide into two separate categories Read More

Image Credit: Christ Church (Episcopal), Charlotteville, North Carolina