If I were a pastor of the modal US congregation (granted the huge diversity within that set) I would be planning for
50% decline in giving over the next 12 months
no gatherings of >100 allowed for at least a year
gatherings of 10-50 allowed this summer in most localities
50% decline in giving over the next 12 months
no gatherings of >100 allowed for at least a year
gatherings of 10-50 allowed this summer in most localities
Of course I hope we are surprised on the upside in all cases. But this is what I would plan for.
"modal" = the most common value in a heterogenous collection // I don't know what the "average" congregation would be and "median" doesn't seem quite right here either. Just trying to acknowledge it's very difficult to generalize about US congregations!
