In Germany, being an official church member usually means paying an extra tax. But a change in the country's tax code is now causing many believers to leave the fold.

Activists of the environmental group "Last Generation" (Letzte Generation) line up for a march outside the Saint Thomas Church in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany, Apr. 26, 2023.

Every year, large sums of money flow to the two major Christian churches in Germany. Last year, they received more than €600 million ($645 million) in state funding on top of the billions in ...