Megachurch closes permanently due to pandemic

Image credit: The Potter's House of Denver

Rev 6:6 NAS And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Denver’s Potter’s House Closes and Sells Megachurch Site, Goes Permanently Virtual Due to Pandemic
  • The church’s pastor, Touré Roberts, announced “COVID-19 forced every church in America to rethink how to best serve their parishioners and the broader community,” Roberts told the newspaper. “Due to the inability to gather and the economic instability of the pandemic, our church, like many other churches in the nation, experienced declining donations.”
  • “We decided that the best way forward would be to sell the property, continue our online offering that had proven a successful alternative and maintain our hands-on community outreach operations, which includes our food bank that feeds thousands of families per year,” the pastor told the Post.
  • As CBN News reported in November, more than 4,000 churches closed in the U.S. in 2020 alone. Over that same time period, over 20,000 pastors left the ministry and 50 percent of current pastors say they would leave the ministry if they had another way of making a living, according to The Barna Group

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