Sentence:  While it must be said that these same Protestants have built some <WSD>new</WSD> churches during this period , and that religious population shifts have emptied churches , a principal reason for this phenomenon of redundancy is that fewer Protestants are going to church . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered