LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Church pews are filling up again across America for the first time in 25 years.
A study released last month by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research shows that in-person attendance has climbed back to 70 worshippers per congregation, up from a COVID low. However, attendance is still short of the 137 seen pre-pandemic.
Searching for community
Father Jim Sichko, an evangelist for the Catholic Diocese of Lexington, said he’s seen the increase in churchgoers himself as he travels around the world preaching.
“In the state of our world today, people need community, church, and God,” Sichko said…