During the pandemic, just a couple years after Bill Hybels’s resignation, attendance at the Chicago-area megachurch fell by half.

After a decade of enrollment decline, leaders began to see the seminary’s biggest financial asset as a liability. They hope relocation could be the big change they need.

The number of full-time students at the evangelical seminary has dropped 44 percent in 20 years.

Experts project fraud will cost Christian ministries $170 billion in 2050.

Camps and conferences, a sector that had been dramatically affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, actually saw the biggest boost in funds and historic levels of support.

But those who waited longer to resume in-person worship, such as in mainline and African American traditions, still see severe declines in the offering plate.

It’s not just Lakewood. So far, 99 Christian orgs have repaid their Paycheck Protection Program loans.

A federal judge declined to expedite discovery, but lawyers will ask for 17 years of financial records and hundreds of thousands of documents.

The current crisis has led faith groups in Atlanta and beyond to see the market as part of their ministry.

How “redemptive entrepreneurship” can multiply the impact of cash-strapped ministries.