About 80% of these megachurches are in cities with above average murder rates or they're just outside of the drawing funds and congregation from the larger cities. The states with the lowest murder rates have few if any megachurches while the states with the highest murder rates have much more. They're drawing funds that could be used for crime prevention, education, child care or some other cause and they're contributing to these high crime rates.
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