country. 2,000 since 2008 up from a handful a couple of years ago. >> as far as sizes, denominations, the economy seems to have hit all the churches equally. >> but simeon may of the national association of church business administration says it's not all gloom and doom. he points to the success of many mega churches like first baptist dallas which just imploded part of a city block to make room for a $115 million project. >> when you do the math, it sounds like we had a tsunami of church foreclosures but when you think about the fact that there's over 300,000 churches in the country and 200 of them filed for foreclosure, that's a very minuscule number. >> even if a church is being threatened by foreclosure or bankruptcy, many are still struggling financially and experts say a key factor is the unemployment rate. >> the corporations resume hiring and increase the rate of hiring, then the churches will have parishioners who have more