The liberal-leaning Church of Sweden is expected to lose over one million members in the next 10 years, insiders have said, and will soon have to start selling property it can no longer support.
Börje Holgersson, chairman of the church council of Lima-Transtrand in Västerås, said in an article for SVT, the Swedish national public TV, that the parish “simply can’t afford to make ends meet.”
A translation by Breitbart News on Wednesday noted that fears are that the Lutheran church, which has around six million baptized members in the country, will see a dramatic drop in membership over the next decade.
The development is forcing the council to think about selling some church real estate.
“While we’re losing members and fewer people are attending services, the cost of maintaining our churches is still very high,” Holgersson said.
“It is a dilemma, because in this business it’s not really possible to increase production,” he added.
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