With a record number of congregations predicted to close their doors by 2025, multiuse developments may be the future for shrinking congregations and empty buildings.

An estimated 4,000 of Canada’s 12,000 places of worship will close in the next five to ten years, says Graham Singh, Montreal-based founder and CEO of Trinity Centres Foundation (TCF, TrinityCentres.org).

The 2023 London Heritage Awards were handed out Thursday night at Museum London. They’re judged by the Architectural Conservancy Ontario – London region and the Heritage London Foundation. Here are the big winners.

First of all, let's define who faith-based investors are: local church congregations, dioceses or equivalent regional church organisations, national religious pension and savings funds, monastic or religious congregations, as well as faith-motivated individuals and/or family offices. 

Struggling with what to do with your church building? Here’s how to find help

Congregations across the country are trying to figure out what to do with buildings that no longer serve their purpose. But there are many resources for leaders grappling with this issue, writes a project director at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving.

Written collaboratively by members of the Toronto Social Purpose Real Estate Reference Group

Stewarding the physical spaces that God has entrusted to us as the Catholic Church can be daunting! Across the world, there are church leaders realizing that they have more building capacity than they have the staff capacity to maintain; many simply realize that their spaces aren't as effective as they once were.

As church attendance dwindles, heritage buildings sit empty — some falling into disrepair.