Is Coronavirus the final nail in the coffin for the Mainline Protestant denoms?
https://religionnews.com/2020/03/11/why-mainline-protestants-might-fear-covid-19-the-most/
"COVID-19 has now infected more than 100,000 people, killing 4,000 of them across the globe. But, one of the real curiosities is that the mortality rate is dramatically different based on age. The disease takes the life of nearly 15% of the people that it infects over the age of 80.
I find that to be incredibly cruel, especially for my mainline church that has been dwindling in size and increasing in age at a stunning rate. Of our 20 or so active members, four of them are over the age of 90. Another 10 are in their 80s. If COVID-19 becomes a true global pandemic, my church would likely not fare well.
That’s true for many of our mainline brothers and sisters as well. A quick calculation shows that of the 10 religious traditions in the United States that have the oldest members, the top seven are mainline Protestant traditions. Nearly half of all Episcopalians are over the age of 65, with an average age of 59 years old, according to data from NORC’s General Social Survey. That’s an increase of six years since the first decade of this century.
It’s not much better for Lutherans (ELCA or Missouri Synod) or for the United Methodist Church, the country’s second largest Protestant tradition, which is home to three retired people for every member who is under the age of 35."
>Is this the end of these traditions as we know it?
>Will there only be Non-Denom/Evangelical and Catholic going forward?