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Most churches, mosques and synagogues are meeting in person again. But faith leaders see signs that spiritual communities will not return to pre-pandemic norms.

Physical church attendance, already in decline for decades, has

. Even after reopening, the average church reports a 36 percent drop in attendance levels.

 are also coming into stark contrast. Boomers are the only generation who say they want to return to physical worship. For Generation X, millennials and Generation Z, less than half want to return to weekly gatherings, preferring a

But not all faith leaders are dismayed at the changes, choosing instead to see this as an opportunity to rethink how and why faith communities gather. So what should change? And why?

Thursday morning, host Kerri Miller spoke with two leaders who are in charge of reimagining congregations in a post-pandemic world.

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