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Gateway Church is considered the largest megachurch in the United States, with an average weekly attendance of 100,000. This is a list of the largest megachurches in the United States with an attendance of more than 10,000 weekly, sometimes also termed a gigachurch. [1][2] According to The Hartford Institute's database, approximately 50 ...
The Leadership Network contains a directory of all Christian megachurches of the world (excluding Canada and USA). [5] This global list has over 270 megachurches. The Hartford Institute has compiled directories in Canada and the USA. The US list has more than 1,668 megachurches [6] [7] and the Canadian list 22. [8]
This is a list of megachurches affiliated with the Assemblies of God. A megachurch affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship having 2,000 or more worshippers for a typical weekly service. According to a 1996 statistic, nearly one in ten megachurches in the United States are affiliated with the General Council of the Assemblies of ...
A megachurch is a church with a very large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities. Most megachurches are Protestant, and particularly Evangelical, although the word denotes a type of organization, not a denomination. The Hartford Institute for Religion Research defines a megachurch as any Protestant Christian ...
Lakewood Church is a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas. It is among the largest congregations in the United States, averaging about 45,000 attendees per week. [1] The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church building, home to four English-language services and two Spanish-language services per week, [2] is located ...
List of largest church buildings. St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the largest church in the world. [1] Churches can be measured and compared in several ways. These include area, volume, length, width, height, or capacity. Several churches individually claim to be "the largest church", which may be due to any one of these criteria.
Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan) Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale. Calvary Church (Charlotte) Celebration Church. Central Church (Henderson, Nevada) Chestnut Ridge Church. Christ Fellowship. Christ's Church of the Valley.
The estimates are based on human seating capacity in a single service. Churches with multiple consecutive services will be for only one service. For example, Faith Tabernacle, which holds four services every Sunday in its 50,000 capacity auditorium will be included as having 50,000 and not 200,000 in the list. [7] [8]