{"id":148247,"date":"2026-10-23T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148247"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:11:56","slug":"ru-more-protestant-churches-feeling-the-economic-squeeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148247","title":{"rendered":"(RU) More Protestant Churches Feeling The Economic Squeeze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the economy strains the U.S. public, pastors report increasing pressures and giving lagging behind inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lifeway Research\u2019s annual tracking survey reveals most U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) report the economy is negatively impacting their congregation. Slightly more than a third (36%) say it\u2019s having no impact, while 8% see a positive economic effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPastors hear the needs and problems of people in their congregations every week, so it is not surprising that they feel their pain from economic factors,\u201d said Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. \u201cEven seemingly positive financial changes such as a member getting a promotion or more overtime could negatively impact a church if those people attend less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2026\/10\/22\/more-protestant-churches-feeling-economic-squeeze\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) report the economy is negatively impacting their church. Slightly more than a third (36%) say it\u2019s having no impact, while 8% see a positive economic effect. https:\/\/t.co\/hsvFuUnhXW https:\/\/t.co\/ZzjPpDZklk<\/p>&mdash; Lifeway Research (@LifewayResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LifewayResearch\/status\/2113314605984272453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the economy strains the U.S. public, pastors report increasing pressures and giving lagging behind inflation. Lifeway Research\u2019s annual tracking survey reveals most U.S. Protestant pastors (54%) report the economy is negatively impacting their congregation. Slightly more than a third<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148247\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,593,108,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-personal-finance","category-religion-culture","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148251,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148247\/revisions\/148251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}