TWO CHURCHES CLOSE EVERY WEEK IN THE NETHERLANDS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CONGREGATIONS LEAVE CHURCHES IN GERMANY

The closure of churches in the Netherlands and the wave of people leaving the church in Germany mark a new crisis for Christianity in Europe, amid secularization and declining trust in church institutions.

Church closures in the Netherlands
A report cited by the Baitul Maqdis Foundation states that in the Netherlands an average of two Christian church buildings are closed every week. Within a matter of years, about 60 places of worship had to be closed, sold, or even demolished because they no longer had enough congregations to sustain the building's operations and maintenance.
Between 1970 and 2008, more than 200 Catholic churches in the Netherlands were reported to have been demolished, while hundreds more were converted into cultural centers, art spaces, restaurants, and apartments. Observers call this phenomenon the most visible face of secularization in the Netherlands, when church buildings are no longer the center of social and spiritual life of the community.
The Crisis of the Church in Germany
The same article highlights an equally worrying situation in Germany, which is referred to as the phenomenon of "Konfessionslos" or "Germany without religion". The report cited Spirit