Sentence:  An amazing article in the Manchester Guardian of last November , entitled `` Fate of Redundant Churches '' , states than an Archbishops ' Commission `` reported last month that in the Church of England alone there <WSD>are</WSD> 790 churches which are redundant now , or will be in 20 years ' time . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have an existence, be extant