Denominational Christianity is aging out before our eyes. Most of the existing congregations are late life cycle. In the near term, it is impossible to replace the saints who populate these churches, and who are steadily moving en masse to Heaven. They are simply dying faster than we can recruit, convert, and disciple new people. Total numbers and total dollars are now set to decline steadily for most groups, even as some of them ramp up the planting of new congregations.
