{"id":42568,"date":"2014-02-12T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T18:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/in_nova_scotia_church_buildings_bearing_cross_of_rising_costs_aging_populat\/"},"modified":"2014-02-12T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T18:01:49","slug":"in_nova_scotia_church_buildings_bearing_cross_of_rising_costs_aging_populat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=42568","title":{"rendered":"In Nova Scotia, Church buildings bearing cross of rising costs, aging population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those in positions of leadership in over a dozen churches in..[Pictou County] it\u2019s been a tough job knowing when to do what.<\/p>\n<p>Declining membership, coupled with population decline, migration, rising heating costs and a decline in those practising Christianity, has caused churches of all stripes to re-examine themselves, their mission and their facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Archdeacon Peter Armstrong of Christ Anglican Church in Stellarton believes this is part of a continuing cultural shift that began 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngnews.ca\/News\/Local\/2014-02-11\/article-3612258\/Church-buildings-bearing-cross-of-rising-costs,-aging-population\/1\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those in positions of leadership in over a dozen churches in..[Pictou County] it\u2019s been a tough job knowing when to do what. Declining membership, coupled with population decline, migration, rising heating costs and a decline in those practising Christianity,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=42568\">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":[36,48,39,40,50,103,388,74,207,149,600,184,108,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-aging-the-elderly","category-anglican-church-of-canada","category-anglican-provinces","category-canada","category-economy","category-housingreal-estate-market","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42568","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=42568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}