reporter: ryan regina is with big sky enterprises. five of the six projects this year are churches including the expansion of the baptist church. in the recession, as commercial construction has withered, big sky made churches its niche. what we are seeing in various builders magazines, there seems to be a steady increase in church construction. i think a lot of it has to contribute to the economy. supposedly we have multiple banks saying, we want to do your project and we are getting good interest rates. that s because we have someone bigger than the world that s on our side. god has been really faithful to us. reporter: another blessing in disguise, because of the recession, labor costs are down for churches and the permitting process is faster because there aren t many projects. back to you. jane wells in porter ranch, california, this morning. thank you. well, new numbers show a decline in the number of