As churches around Wisconsin struggle with declining membership and older buildings, some congregations are reimagining what it means to be a community pillar and putting a dent in the housing shortage while they’re at it.
The Madison-based ministry Common Grace will hold a soft opening of its new community center this Halloween, complete with 26 lower-cost apartments for working families, on the site of its old church.
Fewer Americans are filling church pews than in the past. A 2024 Gallup poll found roughly three in ten Americans regularly attended religious services. That’s down from 42 percent of the population in the early 2000s…