500 new churches every year

Stained glass at St John the Baptist's Anglica...Image via WikipediaAccording to a recent Christian Post article there is some good news for the mission of Jesus in the United States In an article titled, Total U.S. Churches No Longer In Decline it points out that every year there are now 4,000 churches being planted in the U.S. while 3500 churches will close their doors.  This bottom line is this:  we are seeing a net gain of 500 new churches every year in the United States.