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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 ...
Christianity. Nondenominational Christianity (or non-denominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, [1][2] which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities [3] by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination.
David du Plessis (1905–1987) South-African Pentecostal church leader, one of the founders of the Charismatic movement. Oral Roberts (1918–2009) Healing-tent evangelist who made the transition to televangelism; founder of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. William J. Seymour (1870–1922) Azusa Street Mission Founder (Azusa Street ...
Gospel Assembly churches are located in 17 nations, including some in western Europe, southern Africa, Mexico, and the Caribbean region. While centered in the lower Midwest, Gospel Assemblies can be found in 40 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, with 150,000 to 200,000 members in several thousand congregations internationally. [9]
The church was founded in 1915 by R. A. Torrey. [1] The services were held at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (Biola University), in a 4,000 seat auditorium. [2][3] [4] The church relocated to Glendora, California in 1985. [1] The original downtown church building was demolished in the late 1980s. Despite efforts led by the late William ...
Calvary Chapel. Calvary Chapel is an international association of charismatic evangelical churches, with origins in Pentecostalism. It maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. Beginning in 1965 in Southern California, this fellowship of churches grew out of Chuck Smith ...
The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone-Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no formal denominational affiliation with other congregations, but still share many characteristics of belief and worship. [2]
North Point Community Church. North Point Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical megachurch located in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. North Point has an attendance of 23,000 people in eight locations in the north metro Atlanta area. The senior pastor Andy Stanley serves as the church's lead pastor and, in turn, leads ...