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Only church auditoriums are included in this list. Church tents, canopies and overflows are excluded from the list. For example, the Redeemed Christian Church of God 12 million-capacity church campground fails this criterion as it is not a completely enclosed building.
This list of the largest evangelical megachurches contains evangelical Christian megachurches by weekly attendance. Large churches from other denominations, like Catholicism, are not included as they are not deemed to belong to the megachurch phenomenon which by definition is part of Protestantism.
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.
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 ...
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.
Andy Wood. Saddleback Church is an evangelical, non-denominational Christian [1] multi-site megachurch based in Lake Forest, California. It is the largest church in California, and one of the largest in the United States of America. The church has several campuses [2] in California and around the world, as well as a number of extensions. [3]
Elevation Church. Elevation Church is an Evangelical non-denominational multi-site megachurch based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Weekly church attendance was 14,000 people in 2023. Elevation has 20 locations. [1] Its senior pastors are Steven Furtick and Holly Furtick.
February 4, 2001. Founder (s) Chris Hodges. Clergy. Senior pastor (s) Chris Hodges. Church of the Highlands is a non-denominational evangelical Christian multi-site megachurch based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is the largest congregation in Alabama with an average of 60,000 attendees every week as of 2023. The senior pastor is Chris Hodges.