Heaven must be smiling. U.S. Bible sales were up 22% during the first 10 months of 2024, which seems like an anomaly considering that national church attendance has been declining.
County religious leaders are hoping the uptick in faith reading will draw more people to Christmas worships, the best-attended church services of the year.
“It’s hard for me to understand what would be the driving force (for increased Bible sales) in the publishing world,” said Phil Friedrick, pastor of Keswick United Methodist Church in Bingham Township. “It’s bucking trends of all kinds. Printed books are less and less of a thing. And we’re in what many say is a post-Christian era. It’s an interesting dynamic.”
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