Shrinking Congregations Are Reimagining Their Buildings as Affordable Housing

The Washington Post, June 11, 2026-Michelle Boorstein and Federica Cocca

For a century, Central United Methodist did church the standard way. Its 95-foot steeple was a beacon in growing Arlington County, Virginia. Worshipers sat in wooden pews, and over the decades expansions were made to add a school and a gym.

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