Five years on from pandemic, one in four avoid handshaking and only 6% regret getting a dog

5 Years After COVID, How Have Churches Changed?

United Methodist churches in the Holston Annual Conference found new ways to worship and communicate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago.

Five years on from pandemic, one in four avoid handshaking and only 6% regret getting a dog

Of those who regularly attended religious ceremonies in person prior to March 2020, 37% no longer do so on a regular basis.

Five years have passed since COVID-19 arrived in Chile, marking a before and after in emergency medicine. What began as a distant news in 2019 became one of the most serious health crises in our history, one that required us to adapt in record time, face fear and make decisions with little evidence.