List of the largest Protestant churches in the United States
This list of the largest local Protestant churches in the United States is a non-exhaustive list of Protestant churches that have more than 1,000 members. Most of these churches are megachurches, while some fall outside this definition.[1] The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000.[2]
Catholic churches are not measured similarly as they don't meet the characteristics of a megachurch.[1] About 3,000 Catholic churches have 2,000+ attending each week,[1] which is more than the 2,000 members for listing here. St Ann's in Coppell, Texas, would be near the top, with almost 30,000 registered parishioners.[3]
Membership numbers give only a very rough indication of size. They vary from year to year. Also, some churches report typical Sunday attendance while others report the number who are listed in church records or make financial contributions, which may be higher. Some of the larger churches are multi-site churches. Many churches deliver their message through television or other media, sometimes reaching much higher numbers than those who physically attend the church.
Church[4] | City[a 1] | State | Pastor(s) | Average weekly attendance[a 2] | Denomination | Multi-site? (w/ number) |
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Abundant Life Christian Fellowship[5] | Mountain View | CA | Hurmon Hamilton | 4,500 | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | |
Abundant Life Christian Center[6] | LaMarque | TX | Pastors Walter & Cindy Hallam | 3,000 | Nondenominational / Evangelical Christian | |
Abundant Living Faith Center | El Paso | TX | Charles Nieman | 12,400 | Non-denominational | |
Acts Full Gospel Church | Oakland | CA | Bob Jackson | 6,000 | Church of God in Christ | |
Ada Bible Church | Ada | MI | Jeff Manion | 12,000 | Non-denominational | |
Allen AME | New York | NY | Floyd Flake | 7,500 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Angelus Temple | Los Angeles | CA | Matthew Barnett | 8,300 | Foursquare Church | |
Antioch Community Church | Waco | TX | Jimmy Seibert | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church | Miami Gardens | FL | Arthur Jackson III | 7,000 | Baptist | |
Apostolic Church of God | Chicago | IL | Arthur Brazier | 6,500 | Pentecostal Assemblies of the World | |
Apostolic Faith Church | Chicago | IL | Horace Smith | 4,000 | Pentecostal | |
Bay Area Christian Church[7] | Palo Alto | CA | Russ Ewell | 3,600 | Non-denominational | Yes (6) |
Bay Area Fellowship | Corpus Christi | TX | Bil Cornelius | 7,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (9)[8] |
Bayside Covenant Church[9] | Roseville | CA | Ray Johnston[9] | 11,300 | Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) | Yes (4)[10] |
Beacon Light Baptist Cathedral | New Orleans | LA | 8,000 | |||
Beaverton Foursquare Church | Beaverton | OR | Randy Remington | 6,000 | Foursquare Church | |
Bel Air Presbyterian Church[11] | Los Angeles | CA | Mark Brewer | 3,800 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Bellevue Baptist Church[12][13] | Memphis | TN | Steve Gaines | 30,000 (6,800 weekly) | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (4) |
Bell Shoals Baptist Church[14] | Brandon | FL | Stephen Rummage | 8,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Beltway Park Baptist Church[15] [16] | Abilene | TX | David McQueen | 4,850 (weekly) | Southern Baptist Convention (Loosely Affiliated) | Yes (2) |
Ben Hill United Methodist | Atlanta | GA | Mcallister Hollins | 9,400 | United Methodist Church | |
Bethany Baptist Church | Lindenwold | NJ | Bishop David Evans | 6,000 | Non-denominational | |
Bethany First Church of the Nazarene[17][18] | Bethany | OK | Rick Harvey | 4,800 | Church of the Nazarene | |
Bethany World Prayer Center | Baton Rouge | LA | Jonathan Stockstill | 8,000 | Non-denominational | |
Bethel Baptist Church | Norman | OK | Mark Hensley | 2,400 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Bethel Baptist Institutional Church | Jacksonville | FL | Rudolph McKissick Sr., Rudolph McKissick Jr. | 8,000 | Baptist | |
Bethel Church[19] | Redding | CA | Bill Johnson | 8,700 | Non-denominational | Yes (2+1 online) |
Bethel Church of San Jose[20] | San Jose | CA | Bret Allen | 2,200 | Assemblies of God | Yes (2) |
Bethel Korean Church | Irvine | CA | Brian Hanyoh Kim | 5,000 | Christian and Missionary Alliance | |
Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church | Ellicott City | MD | William Yong Jin | 2,000 | Presbyterian | |
Bethlehem Baptist Church | Minneapolis | MN | Jason Meyer | 5,000 | Baptist General Conference | |
Biltmore Church [21] | Arden | NC | Bruce Frank | 7,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (5)[22] |
Beulah Missionary Baptist Church | Atlanta | GA | Jerry D. Black | 8,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Yuong Sang Presbyterian Church | Horsham | PA | Yongger Lee | 5,000 | KAPC | |
Bible Way Church of Atlas Road | Columbia | SC | Darrell Jackson | 7,000 | ||
Big Valley Grace Community Church[23] | Modesto | CA | Rick Countryman | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Brand New Church | Harrison | AR | Shannon O'Dell | 3,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Brentwood Baptist Church | Brentwood | TN | Mike Glenn | 9,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Brentwood Baptist Church | Houston | TX | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Briarwood Presbyterian Church | Birmingham | AL | Harry Reeder | 4,100 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Bridgeway Community Church | Columbia | MD | David Anderson | 4,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
Brook Hills Baptist Church | Birmingham | AL | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Brookland Baptist Church | West Columbia | SC | Charles Jackson | 8,100 | ||
Brooklyn Tabernacle | New York | NY | Jim Cymbala | 8,000 | Non-denominational | |
Brookwood Church[24] | Simpsonville | SC | Perry Duggar | 5,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Browns Bridge Church | Cumming | GA | Andy Stanley | 6,500 | Non-denominational, Baptist heritage | |
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church | Bryn Mawr | PA | Agnes Norfleet | 2,800 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Buckhead Church[25] | Atlanta | GA | Andy Stanley | 7,300 | Interdenominational/Baptist heritage | |
Calvary Baptist Church | Winston-Salem | NC | Dr. Rob Peters | 6,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
Calvary Chapel Chino Valley | Chino | CA | David Rosales | 8,500 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa[26] | Costa Mesa | CA | Brian Brodersen | 9,500 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel Downey | Downey | CA | Jeff Johnson | 7,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Doug Sauder | 30,000 (18,500 Weekly) | Calvary Chapel | Yes (9+1 online) |
Calvary Chapel Golden Springs | Diamond Bar | CA | Raul Ries | 12,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel Melbourne | West Melbourne | FL | Mark Balmer | 10,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | Joe Focht | 14,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel South Bay | Gardena | CA | Jeff Gill | 9,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Chapel | Tucson | AZ | Robert Furrow | 8,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Church[27] | Charlotte | NC | John H. Munro | 5,000 | ||
Calvary of Albuquerque | Albuquerque | NM | Skip Heitzig | 16,800 | Calvary Chapel | |
Calvary Community Church | Phoenix | AZ | J. Mark Martin | 11,400 | Calvary Chapel | Yes (2+1 online) |
Calvary Revival Church | Norfolk | VA | Courtney Mcbath | 7,000 | ||
Campus Church | Pensacola | FL | Denis McBride | 7,000 | ||
Canyon Ridge Christian Church | Las Vegas | NV | Kevin Odor | 6,000 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | Yes (1+1 online)[28] |
Cascade Hills Baptist Church | Columbus | GA | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Cascade United Methodist | Atlanta | GA | 7,000 | United Methodist Church | ||
Cathedral of Faith[29] | San Jose | CA | Kenny Foreman | 7,800 | Non-denominational | Yes (9+1 online) |
Cathedral of Hope | Dallas | TX | Neil Cazares-Thomas | 4,800 | United Church of Christ | |
Cedar Creek Church | Aiken | SC | Phillip Lee | 7,700 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
CedarCreek.tv | Perrysburg | OH | Lee Powell | 9,200 | Non-denominational | Yes (5+1 online) |
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church[30] | Knoxville | TN | John Wood | 3,700 (2010)[31] | Evangelical Presbyterian Church | |
Celebrate Community Church | Sioux Falls | SD | Keith Loy | 4,200 | Wesleyan Church | |
Celebration Church[32] | Austin | TX | Joe Champion | 5,000 | Non-denominational | |
Celebration Church | Jacksonville | FL | Stovall Weems | 11,100 | Non-denominational | Yes (9+1 online) |
Celebration Church | New Orleans | LA | R. Dennis Watson | 3,900 | ||
Central Baptist Church of Bearden[30] | Knoxville | TN | Dr. Wade Bibb | 4,200[31] | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Central Baptist Church | Jonesboro | AR | Archie Mason | 2,600 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Central Baptist Church | Marked Tree | AR | Archie Mason | 2,300 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Central Christian Church of Arizona | Mesa | AZ | Cal Jernigan | 8,800 | Non-denominational | Yes (5) |
Central Christian Church | Henderson | NV | Jud Wilhite | 21,100 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | Yes (9+1 online) |
Central Church of God | Charlotte | NC | Loran Livingston | 8,000 | ||
Central Wesleyan Church | Holland | MI | Craig Rees | 4,200 | Wesleyan Church | |
Champion Forest Baptist Church[33] | Houston | TX | David Fleming | 9,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Champions Centre | Tacoma | WA | Kevin and Sheila Gerald | 6,500 | Non-denominational | |
ChangePoint[34] | Anchorage | AK | Dan Jarrell | 4,500 | Non-denominational | |
The Chapel | Fort Wayne | IN | Rick Hawks | 2,300 | ||
The Chapel | Akron | OH | Knute Larson, Paul Sartarelli | 7,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
Cherry Hills Community Church[35] | Highlands Ranch | CO | Shane Farmer | 6,000 | Evangelical Presbyterian Church | |
Chestnut Ridge Church[36] | Morgantown | WV | Tim Haring | 2,400 | Evangelical | |
Christ Life Center[37] | Miami | FL | Rick Patterson | 4,000 | Reformed Church in America | |
Christ Church of Oak Brook | Oak Brook | IL | Daniel Meyer | 5,000 | Non-denominational | |
Christ Fellowship | Palm Beach Gardens | FL | Tom Mullins | 19,000 | Evangelical | Yes (6+1 online) |
Christ's Church | Jacksonville | FL | Jason Cullum | 4,200 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | |
Christ's Church of the Valley | Peoria | AZ | Donald J. Wilson | 27,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (6) |
Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church[38] | Matthews | NC | Michael F. Ross | 2,400 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Christ United Methodist Church | Memphis | TN | Dr. Shane Stanford | 6,900 | United Methodist Church | Yes (1 + 1 online) |
Christian Cultural Center | New York | NY | A. R. Bernard | 30,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (1 + 1 online) |
Christian Faith Center | Federal Way | WA | Casey Treat | 10,000/5,900 | Non-denominational, Pentecostal | |
Christian Fellowship Church[39] | Evansville | IN | David Niednagel | 2,800 | Non-denominational | |
Christ Community Church | St. Charles | IL | Jim Nicodem | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Christ United Methodist Church | Chattanooga | TN | Mark Flynn, W. David Hall | 4,100 | United Methodist Church | |
Christ United Methodist Church | Plano | TX | Don Underwood | 6,200 | United Methodist Church | Yes (2) |
The Church at Brook Hills | Birmingham | AL | David Platt | 4,100 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Boiling Springs First Baptist Church | Boiling Springs | SC | Dr. Hank Williams | 3,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
The Church at Rock Creek | Little Rock | AR | Mark Evans | 4,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Church by the Glades | Coral Springs | FL | David Hughes | 7,700 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (4) |
Church of the Apostles | Atlanta | GA | Michael Youssef | 3,000 | Evangelical Anglican | |
Church of the Good Shepherd | San Diego | CA | Fernando Ramirez | 7,500 | ||
Church of the Highlands[40] | Birmingham | AL | Chris Hodges | 39,500 | Non-denominational | Yes (12 including online) |
Church of the Redeemed of the Lord | Baltimore | MD | Jerome Stokes | 7,500 | ||
Church of the Redeemer | Gaithersburg | MD | Dale O'Shields | 6,800 | Non-denominational | |
Church of the Resurrection | Leawood | KS | Adam Hamilton | 20,000 (10,100 weekly) | United Methodist Church | Yes (4) |
Church of the Servant | Oklahoma City | OK | Robert Gorrell | 7,500 | United Methodist Church | |
Church on the Move | Tulsa | OK | Willie George | 11,000 | ||
The Church on the Way | Van Nuys | CA | Tim Clark | 5,000 | Foursquare Church | Yes (2) |
The Church Without Walls | Houston | TX | Ralph D. West | 6,400 | ||
City Bible Church | Portland | OR | Frank Damazio | 7,000 | Non-denominational | |
The City Church | Kirkland | WA | Judah Smith | 7,200 | Yes (4) | |
City of Refuge | Gardena | CA | Noel Jones | 10,000 | ||
Clear Creek Community Church | League City | TX | Bruce Wesley | 4,800 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
Cokesbury United Methodist Church[30] | Knoxville | TN | Steve DeFur, Kenneth L. Faught | 4,500 | United Methodist Church | |
College Church of the Nazarene[17][41] | Olathe | KS | Rick Power | 3,300 | Church of the Nazarene | |
Colonial Heights Baptist Church | Colonial Heights | VA | Randall T. Hahn | 5,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Concordia Lutheran Church[42] | San Antonio | TX | Bill Tucker | 7,300 | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | |
Community Bible Church | San Antonio | TX | Dr. Ed Newton (after March 2016)[43] | 14,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (at least 2+1 online)[44] |
Community Christian Church[45] | Naperville | IL | Dave Ferguson | 5,400 | Non-denominational | |
Community of Faith | Cypress | TX | ||||
Community of Faith | Houston | TX | James Dixon | 6,000 | ||
Connection Pointe Christian Church of Brownsburg | Brownsburg | IN | Steeve Reeves | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
The Compass Church[46] | Naperville | IL | Jeff Griffin | 3,000 | Evangelical | |
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church[37] | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Vacant - Search Committee Formed | 2,000 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Cornerstone Church of Ames[47] | Ames | IA | Jeff Dodge | 2,000 | Evangelical | |
Cornerstone Church | San Antonio | TX | John Hagee | 8,400 | Non-denominational charismatic | |
Cornerstone Church of San Diego[48] | National City | CA | Sergio De La Mora, Georgina De La Mora | 6,300 | non-denominational charismatic | |
Cornerstone Church[49] | Toledo | OH | Michael Pitts | 4,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3+1 online) |
Cornwall Church[50] | Bellingham | WA | Bob Marvel | 2,500 | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | |
Cove Church | Owens Cross Roads | AL | John Tanner | 2,000 | United Methodist Church | Yes (2) |
The Cove Church[51] | Mooresville | NC | Mike Madding | 5,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (4+1 online) |
Covenant Church | Carrollton | TX | Mike Hayes | 8,000 | ||
Covenant Fellowship Church | Glen Mills | PA | Jared Mellinger | 4,000 | Sovereign Grace Churches | |
Covenant Life Church | Gaithersburg | MD | Joshua Harris | 6,000 | ||
Cross Church | Springdale | AR | Ronnie Floyd | 16,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (5) |
The Crossing Church | Quincy | IL | Jerry Harris | 3,500 | Non-denominational | |
Crossings Community Church | Oklahoma City | OK | Marty Grubbs | 6,000 | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | |
Crossroads Church — Cincinnati[52] | Cincinnati | OH | Brian Tome | 22,700 | Interdenominational | Yes (5) |
Crossroads Christian Church[53] | Corona | CA | Chuck Booher | 8,400 | Non-denominational | Yes (1 online) |
Crossroads Community Church | Vancouver | WA | Bill Ritchie | 6,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Custer Road United Methodist | Plano | TX | Paul Goodrich | 6,400 | United Methodist Church | |
Cypress Wesleyan Church | Galloway | OH | Ken Murphy | 4,000 | Wesleyan Church | |
Denton Bible Church[54] | Denton | TX | Tom Nelson | 3,000 | Non-denominational | |
Deliverance Evangelistic Church | Philadelphia | PA | Rev. Glen Spaulding | 11,000 | Non-denominational | |
Detroit World Outreach Christian Center Church | Redford | MI | Bishop Benjamin Gibert[55] | 5,500[56] | Non-denominational/Assemblies of God-Heritage | |
Downtown Church of Christ | Searcy | AR | David Matthews | 2,000 | Church of Christ | |
Eagle Brook Church | Hugo | MN | Bob Merritt | 17,100 | Baptist General Conference | Yes (6) |
Eastern Star Baptist Church | Indianapolis | IN | Jeffrey Johnson | 7,200 | ||
Eastside Christian Church | Anaheim | CA | Gene Appel | 4,400 | Non-denominational | Yes (2) |
Eastview Christian Church | Normal | IL | Mike Baker | 5,500 | Non-denominational | No |
Ebenezer AME Church | Fort Washington | MD | Grainger Browning, Jr. | 10,000 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
El Rey Jesús (King Jesus International Ministry) | Miami | FL | Guillermo Maldonado | 12,500 | Pentecostal | |
Elevation Church | Charlotte & Toronto | NC & ON | Steven Furtick | ~19,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (13) [57] |
Elizabeth Baptist Church | Atlanta | GA | Craig L. Oliver Sr. | 6,700 | ||
Elmbrook Church | Brookfield | WI | Scott Arbeiter (acting) | 7,000 | Non-denominational, Evangelical | |
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church | San Jose | CA | One Bay Son | 2,500 | KAPC | |
Emmanuel Wesleyan Church | Salisbury | MD | Mark Bunting | 2,500 | Wesleyan Church | |
Empowerment Temple | Baltimore | MD | Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant | 10,000 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church | Philadelphia | PA | Dr. Alyn E. Waller | 15,000 | ||
Evangel Cathedral | Mitchellville | MD | Don Meares | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Fairfax Community Church | Fairfax | VA | Rod Stafford | 2,000 | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | |
Faith Bible Chapel | Arvada | CO | George Morrison | 5,500 | Non-denominational | |
Faith Chapel Christian Center[58] | Birmingham | AL | Michael D. Moore | 6,400 | Non-denominational | |
Faith Church[59] | Dyer | IN | Robert Bouwer | 4,000 | Reformed Church in America | Yes (4) |
Faith Church | St. Louis | MO | David Crank | 25,000 | ||
Faith Fellowship Outreach Center | Sayreville | NJ | David T. Demola | 10,100 | Non-denominational | |
Faith Landmarks Ministries | Richmond | VA | Randy Gilbert | 10,000 | ||
Faith Promise Church | Knoxville | TN | Chris Stephens | 5,500 (weekly) | Inter-denominational | Yes (6 + 1 online) |
Faithful Central Missionary Baptist Church | Inglewood | CA | Kenneth Ulmer | 7,300 | ||
Fallbrook Baptist Church | Houston | TX | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Family Christian Center | Munster | IN | Steve Munsey | 15,500 | Non-denominational | |
Family Community Church[60] | San Jose | CA | Bill Buchholz | 3,400 | Assemblies of God | |
Family Worship Center | Baton Rouge | LA | Jimmy Swaggart and Donnie Swaggart | 15,500 | Non-denominational/Pentecostal | |
Fellowship Bible Church | Little Rock | AR | Brandon Barnard, Mark Henry, Ben Parkinson | 5,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3+1 online) |
Fellowship Bible Church | Brentwood | TN | Michael Easley, Lloyd Shadarach, Bill Wellons, Rob Sweet | 6,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
Fellowship Bible Church | Rogers | AR | Robert V. Cupp | 8,000 | ||
Fellowship Bible Church | Lowell | AR | Chip Jackson | 7,000 | ||
Fellowship Church | Grapevine | TX | Ed Young, Jr. | 17,500[13] | Evangelical, Baptist heritage | Yes (8) |
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church[61] | Chicago | IL | Charles Jenkins | 8,000 | Baptist | |
First African Methodist Episcopal Church | Los Angeles | CA | J. Edgar Boyd | 10,000 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
First Assembly of God | Fort Myers | FL | Dan Betzer | 7,500 | Assemblies of God | |
First Assembly of God | North Little Rock | AR | Rod Loy | 3,300 | Assemblies of God | |
First Assembly of God | Griffin | GA | Randy Valimont | 7,800 | Assemblies of God | |
First Baptist Church | Bentonville | AR | Phillip Smith | 2,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church | Jonesboro | AR | Bruce Tippit | 2,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church at the Mall[62] | Lakeland | FL | Jay Dennis | 9,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church Atlanta | Atlanta | GA | Charles Stanley | 11,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church Dallas[63] | Dallas | TX | Robert Jeffress | 12,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church Houston[64] | Houston | TX | Gregg Matte | 6,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church of Glenarden | Upper Marlboro | MD | John Jenkins | 7,000 | ||
First Baptist Church of Hammond | Hammond | IN | John Wilkerson | 17,700 | Baptist | |
First Baptist Church of Jacksonville[65] | Jacksonville | FL | Mac Brunson | 28,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
First Baptist Church Orlando | Orlando | FL | David Uth | 16,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Baptist Church Woodstock[66] | Woodstock | GA | Johnny Hunt | 9,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (4) |
First Baptist Concord[30] | Knoxville | TN | Dr. John Avant | 8,000[31] | Southern Baptist Convention | |
First Evangelical Free Church | Fullerton | CA | Mike Erre | 6,000 | Evangelical Free Church of America | |
First Presbyterian Church[67] | Chattanooga | TN | Tim Tinsley | 2,500 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
First Presbyterian Church[68] | Jackson | MS | Ligon Duncan | 3,100 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
First Presbyterian Church[69] | Bethlehem | PA | Glen Adelsberger | 2,600 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
First Presbyterian Church of Houston[70] | Houston | TX | Rev. Dr. Jim Birchfield | 3,600 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
First United Methodist | Marietta | GA | Joe Peabody | 7,800 | United Methodist Church | |
Flamingo Road Baptist | Cooper City | FL | Troy Gramling | 8,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Flatirons Community Church | Lafayette | CO | Jim Burgen | 15,500 | Non-denominational evangelical | Yes (Main Campus + 2 Satellite) |
Fountain of Praise | Houston | TX | Remus Wright | 11,800 | ||
Fountain Springs Wesleyan Church | Rapid City | SD | David Kinnan | 2,700 | Wesleyan Church | |
Fourth Presbyterian Church[71] | Chicago | IL | John M. Buchanan | 5,300 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Fourth Presbyterian Church | Bethesda | MD | Robert M. Norris | Evangelical Presbyterian Church | ||
Franklin Avenue Baptist Church | New Orleans | LA | Fred Luter, Jr. | Southern Baptist Convention | ||
Frazer United Methodist Church[72] | Montgomery | AL | Tim Thompson | 8,000 | United Methodist Church | |
Free Chapel | Gainesville | GA | Jentzen Franklin | 11,500 | Yes (3) | |
Free Life Chapel[73] | Lakeland | FL | Scott and Cindy Thomas | 2,000 | Non-denominational | |
Friends Church | Yorba Linda | CA | Matthew Cork | 4,000 | Quaker/Evangelical Friends International | |
Friendship West Baptist Church | Dallas | TX | Frederick Haynes | 8,000 | ||
From the Heart Church Ministries | Temple Hills | MD | John Cherry | 5,000 | ||
Gateway Church | Southlake | TX | Robert Morris | 36,000 (27,000 weekly) | Non-denominational | Yes (5) |
Germantown Baptist Church[74] | Germantown | TN | Charles Fowler | 12,000 | Baptist | |
Geyer Springs First Baptist Church | Little Rock | AR | Jeff Williams | 2,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Ginghamsburg Church | Tipp City | OH | Mike Slaughter | 5,000 | United Methodist Church | |
Glide Memorial Church | San Francisco | CA | Dr. Karen Oliveto[75] | 12,600[76] | United Methodist Church | |
Grace Baptist Church[30] | Knoxville | TN | Dr. Ron Stewart | 5,800 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Grace Church | Noblesville | IN | Dave Rodriguez | 6,000 | Evangelical Free Church of America | |
Grace Church | Eden Prairie | MN | Troy Dobbs | 5,000 | Non-Denominational, Evangelical | |
Grace Church[77] | Dumfries | VA | Dr. Derek Grier | 2,000[78] | Non-Denominational | |
Grace Community Church | Sun Valley | CA | John MacArthur | 9,300 | Non-denominational, Evangelical | Yes (1+1 online) |
Grace Family Church | Cheval | FL | Craig Altman | 6,200 | Non-denominational | |
Granger Community Church | Granger | IN | Mark Beeson | 5,500 | United Methodist Church | Yes (4) |
Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York[79] | New York | NY | Floyd H. Flake | 20,000 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Greater Cornerstone Baptist Church | Dallas | TX | David E. Wilson | 20,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (2) |
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church[80] | Washington | DC | Alfred A. Owens, Jr. | 7,000 | Pentecostal | |
Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist | New Orleans | LA | Paul Morton | 10,000 | ||
Green Acres Baptist Church | Tyler | TX | David Dykes | 14,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes |
Grove City Church of the Nazarene[81] | Grove City | OH | Mark Fuller | 2,700 | Church of the Nazarene | |
Hales Corners Lutheran Church[82] | Hales Corners | WI | Keith Speaks | 8,600 | Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod | |
Harvest Bible Chapel | Rolling Meadows | IL | James MacDonald | 11,000 | Non-denominational | |
Harvest Christian Fellowship | Riverside | CA | Greg Laurie | 15,000 | Calvary Chapel | Yes (6) |
Harvest Time | Fort Smith | AR | Kemp Holden | 2,200 | Non-denominational | |
Healing Place Church | Baton Rouge | LA | Mike Haman | 8,000 | ||
Heartland Community Church | Rockford | IL | Mike Breaux | 7,300 | ||
Hebron Baptist Church | Dacula | GA | Kevin Miller | Southern Baptist Convention | ||
Heritage Church | Rock Island | IL | Shawn Cossin | 2,800 | Wesleyan Church | |
Hickory Grove Baptist Church | Charlotte | NC | Clint Pressley | 11,900 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
High Desert Church | Victorville | CA | Tom Mercer | 6,300 | ||
Higher Dimension Baptist Church | Houston | TX | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Highlands Fellowship | Abingdon | VA | Allen Jessee | 4,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (5) |
Highview Baptist Church[83] | Louisville | KY | Les Hughes | 4,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (4) |
Hillside Christian Church | Amarillo | TX | Tommy Politz | 7,000 | ||
Hillsong NYC | New York | NY | Carl Lentz | 3,000 | Australian Christian Churches | |
Hillview Heights Baptist Church | Bowling Green | KY | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Hope Community Church | Raleigh | NC | Mike Lee | 9,600 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
Hope Presbyterian Church | Cordova | TN | Rufus Smith, Craig Strickland (Founding Pastor) | 7,000 | Evangelical Presbyterian Church | |
Hopewell Missionary Baptist | Norcross | GA | William L. Sheals | 16,000 | Baptist | |
Horizon Christian Fellowship | San Diego | CA | Mike MacIntosh | 6,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Hunter Street Baptist Church[84] | Hoover | AL | Buddy Gray | 8,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Idlewild Baptist Church | Lutz | FL | Ken Whitten | Southern Baptist Convention | ||
Iglesia Cristiana Segadores de Vida | Hollywood | FL | Ruddy Gracia | 7,100 | Non-denominational | |
Immanuel's Church[85] | Silver Spring | MD | Charles Schmitt | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Impacto de Fe | Commerce City | CO | Adan Aguirre | Non-denominational | Yes (2) | |
Independent Presbyterian Church | Memphis | TN | Rev. Richie Sessions | 2,500 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Independent Presbyterian Church | Birmingham | AL | Dr William Carl | 2,400 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Inspiring Body of Christ Church | Dallas | TX | Rickie G. Rush | 7,500 | Non-denominational | |
Israel Baptist Church of Baltimore City | Baltimore | MD | Rev. Dr. H. Walden Wilson II | 3,000 | Baptist | |
James River Church | Springfield | MO | John Lindell | 12,000 | Assemblies of God | Yes (3) |
Jericho City of Praise[86] | Landover | MD | Dr. Jasmine Sculark | |||
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church[87] | Marietta | GA | Bryant Wright | Southern Baptist Convention | ||
Journey Church | Norman | OK | Clark Mitchell | 5,000 | Non-denominational | |
Jubilee Christian Center[88] | San Jose | CA | Dick Bernal | 14,000 | ||
Jubilee Christian Church | Boston | MA | Gilbert Thompson | 7,000 | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | |
Kensington Church | Troy | MI | Steve Andrews | 15,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (7) |
Kentwood Community Church | Kentwood | MI | Kyle Ray | 2,000 | Wesleyan Church | |
Kingsway Christian Church[89] | Avon | IN | Matt Nickoson | 2,700 | Non-denominational | No |
Korean Central Presbyterian Church[90] | Centreville | VA | Eung-yul David Ryoo | 4,500 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Korean Community Presbyterian Church | Duluth | GA | James Jung | 3,000 | KPCA | |
Korean United Church of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | Rev. Jinmo Timothy Cho | 1,400[91] | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Lake Pointe Church | Rockwall | TX | Steve Stroope | 11,300 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Lakewood Church | Houston | TX | Joel Osteen | 43,500 weekly | Non-denominational | No |
Legacy Church | Albuquerque | NM | Steve Smotherman | 10,100 | Non-denominational | |
Lenexa West Side Family Baptist Church | Lenexa | GA | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Life Center Ministries | New Orleans | LA | J. Wiley | 6,500 | Non-denominational | |
Life Center Foursquare | Spokane | WA | Joe Wittwer | 5,000 | Foursquare Church | |
Lincoln Berean Church | Lincoln | NE | Bryan Clark | 6,200 | ||
LCBC | Manheim | PA | David N. Ashcraft | 14,800 | Non-denominational | Yes (6) |
Life.Church | Edmond | OK | Craig Groeschel | 53,000 weekly[92] (no members) |
Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) | Yes (25+1 online) |
Liquid Church | Mountainside | NJ | Tim Lucas | 3,500 [93] |
Non-denominational | Yes (5+1 online) |
Little Country Church | Redding | CA | Bryan Blank | 3,800 | Calvary Chapel | |
Living Hope Church | Vancouver | WA | John Bishop | 6,000 | Non-denominational | |
The Living Word Bible Church | Mesa | AZ | C. Thomas Anderson | 7,500 | ||
Living Word Christian Center | Brooklyn Park | MN | Mac Hammond | 6,700 | ||
Loma Linda University Church[94] | Loma Linda | CA | Randy Roberts | 7,000 | Seventh-day Adventist | |
Long Hollow Baptist Church | Hendersonville | TN | Robby Gallaty | 7,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Lutheran Church of Hope | West Des Moines | IA | Mike Housholder | 10,600 | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | |
Magnolia's First Baptist Church[95] | Magnolia | TX | Dr. Ed Seay | 1,100 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Mariners Church | Irvine | CA | Kenton Beshore | 13,600 | Non-denominational Evangelical | |
Maranatha Chapel | San Diego | CA | Ray Bentley | 7,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Mars Hill Bible Church | Grandville | MI | Kent Dobson | 10,000 | Non-denominational | |
McLean Bible Church | McLean | VA | Lon Solomon | 16,500 | Non-denominational, Evangelical | |
Mecklenburg Community Church | Charlotte | NC | Jim White | 6,000 | Non-denominational | |
Metropolitan Baptist Church | Houston | TX | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Metropolitan Baptist Church | Washington | DC | Henry Ward Beecher Hicks | 6,000 | National Baptist | |
Mission Community Church | Gilbert | AZ | Joel Thomas[96] | 3,000[97] | Non-denominational | |
Moody Church[98] | Chicago | IL | Erwin Lutzer | 6,000 | Evangelical | |
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church | Minneapolis | MN | John Hogenson | 13,000 (5,900 active) |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Yes (2) |
Mount Baptist Church | Nashville | TN | Joseph W. Walker III | 13,000 | Baptist | |
Mount Ennon Baptist Church | Clinton | MD | Delman Coates | 8,000 | National Baptist | |
Mount Paran Church of God | Atlanta | GA | David Cooper | 7,900 | Church of God | |
Mount Zion Baptist | Whites Creek | TN | Joseph Walker | 9,000 | ||
Myers Park Presbyterian Church | Charlotte | NC | Steve Eason | 4,500 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
National Presbyterian Church | Washington | DC | David Renwick | 3,000 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Neighborhood Church of Redding [99] | Redding | CA | Bill Giovannetti | 2,500 | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Yes (2+1 online) |
New Birth Baptist Church | Miami | FL | ||||
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church | Lithonia | GA | Eddie L. Long | 20,000 | Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship | No |
New Beginnings Baptist Church | Longview | TX | Todd Kaunitz | 2,700 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (2) |
New Hope Christian Fellowship | Honolulu | HI | Wayne Cordeiro | 14,500 | Foursquare Church | |
Newhope Wesleyan Church | Durham | NC | Benji Kelley | 3,900 | Wesleyan Church | |
New Life Center | Bakersfield | CA | James and Lydia Ranger | 6,500 | Foursquare Church | Yes (2) |
New Life Church | Colorado Springs | CO | Brady Boyd | 8,000 | Non-denominational Charismatic Evangelical | |
New Life Church | Conway | AR | Rick Bezet | 8,200 | Non-denominational | |
New Life Wesleyan Church | La Plata | MD | Mike Hilson | 4,000 | Wesleyan Church | |
New Light Christian Center Church | Houston | TX | Ira V. Hilliard | 20,000 | Non-denominational | |
Newport Church | Newport Beach | CA | Jonathan Wilson | 5,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
New Psalmist Baptist Church | Baltimore | MD | Bishop Walter Thomas, Sr. | 7,000 | Non-denominational | |
NewSpring Church | Anderson | SC | Clayton King (interim) | 28,100 (31,800 weekly)[100] | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (20 + 1 online) |
New Venture Christian Fellowship | Oceanside | CA | Shawn Mitchell | 5,600 | Non-denominational | |
New Vision Baptist Church | Murfreesboro | TN | Brady Cooper | 3,300 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
New Vision Church[101] | Milpitas | CA | David Chinsu Yi | 2,300 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
North Coast Calvary Chapel | Carlsbad | CA | Mark Foreman | 6,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
North Coast Church[102] | Vista | CA | Larry Osborne, Chris Brown | 10,000 | Evangelical Free Church of America | Yes (5) |
North Heights Lutheran Church | Roseville | MN | Patricia Ose | 6,000 | Alliance of Renewal Churches | |
North Point Community Church | Alpharetta | GA | Andy Stanley | 36,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (6 Atlanta-area locations) |
NorthPointe Community Church[103] | Fresno | CA | Steve Williams | 2,500 | Non-denominational | No |
North Valley Baptist Church[104] | Santa Clara | CA | Dr. Jack Trieber | 3,000 | Independent Baptist | |
Northland, A Church Distributed | Longwood | FL | Joel Hunter | 22,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3+1 online) |
NorthRidge Church | Plymouth | MI | Brad Powell | 9,700 | Baptist heritage | Yes (3) |
Northside Baptist Church | Charlotte | NC | 2,000 | Independent Baptist | No | |
Northside Christian Church[105] | Clovis | CA | David Rutherford | 3,500 | Non-denominational | No |
Northside Christian Church | New Albany | IN | George Ross | 5,300 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | No |
Northside Christian Church | Spring | TX | David Garrisan | 2,000 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | |
Oak Hills Church | San Antonio | TX | Randy Frazee, Max Lucado | 9,500 | Non-denominational | Yes (6) |
Olive Baptist Church | Pensacola | FL | Ted Traylor | 4,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | No |
Onnuri Church of Los Angeles | Lake View Terrace | CA | Jinso Yoo | 4,500 | Christian Reformed Church in North America | No |
Overcoming Believers Church | Knoxville | TN | Daryl Arnold | 2,500 | Non-denominational | No |
Overlake Christian Church | Redmond | WA | Mike Howerton | 3,000 | Non-denominational | No |
Paradise Alliance Church | Paradise | CA | Larry Shelton | 2,100 | Christian and Missionary Alliance | |
Park Street Church[106] | Boston | MA | Gordon Hugenberger | 2,000 | Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | |
Park Cities Presbyterian Church | Dallas | TX | Mark Davis | 5,500 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Parkview Christian Church[107] | Orland Park | IL | Tim Harlow | 7,100 | Non-denominational | Yes (2) |
Pathway Church[108] | Wichita | KS | Todd Carter | 3,000 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | |
Perimeter Church[109] | Johns Creek | GA | Randall P. Pope | 4,000 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Peachtree Presbyterian Church[110] | Atlanta | GA | Rev. Dr. Vic Pentz | 9,000 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Pentecostals of Alexandria, The[111] | Alexandria | LA | Rev. Anthony Mangun | 3,000 | United Pentecostal Church | |
Dream City Church[112] | Phoenix | AZ | Tommy Barnett | 21,000 | Assemblies of God | Yes (5) |
Pinelake Church[113] | Flowood | MS | Dr. Chip Henderson | 9,100 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (5) |
Peoples Church[114] | Fresno | CA | Dale Oquist | 5,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (2 + 1 online) |
Potential Church[115] | Fort Lauderdale | FL | Troy Gramling | 12,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (7) |
The Potter's House | Dallas | TX | T. D. Jakes | 16,100 | Non-denominational | |
Prestonwood Baptist Church | Plano | TX | Jack Graham | 38,000 (15,800 weekly) | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
Real Life Ministries | Post Falls | ID | Jim Putman | 7,000 | Non-denominational | |
Redeemer Presbyterian Church | New York | NY | Tim Keller | 5,000 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Redemption[116] | Greenville | SC | Ron Carpenter | 14,000 | Non-denominational | |
Reid Temple A.M.E. Church | Glenn Dale | MD | Lee P. Washington | 7,600 | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Resurrection Life Church | Grandville | MI | Dwayne Klok | 7,500 | ||
Richmond Outreach Center | Richmond | VA | 4,000 | |||
River Valley Church[117] | Minnesota | MN | Rob Ketterling | 5,000 | Assemblies of God | Yes (6) |
River of Life Christian Church[118] | Santa Clara | CA | Tong Liu | 3,000 | Non-denominational | |
Riverside Baptist Church[119] | Denver | CO | Jim Shaddix | 2,800 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (2) |
The Rock Church & Outreach | San Bernardino | CA | Jim Cobrae | 9,000 | ||
The Rock Church | San Diego | CA | Miles McPherson | 12,900 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
The Rock Family Worship Center | Huntsville | AL | Rusty and Leisa Nelson | 4,500 | Non-denominational | Yes (4+1 online) |
Rock Harbor Church[120] | Costa Mesa | CA | 5,000 | Non-denominational evangelical | ||
Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel[121] | Colorado Springs | CO | Brian Michaels | 2,000 | Calvary Chapel | |
Rolling Hills Christian Church | El Dorado Hills | CA | Bill Search | 2,200 | Non-denominational | |
Saddleback Church[13] | Lake Forest | CA | Rick Warren | 38,800 (22,100 weekly) | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (12+1 online) |
Sagebrush Baptist Church | Albuquerque | NM | Southern Baptist Convention | |||
Sagemont Church | Houston | TX | John D. Morgan | 17,700 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
St. John Lutheran Church | St. Louis | MO | Stephen Hower, Dion Garrett, Ryan Peterson | 6,100 | Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | |
St. John Baptist Church | Grand Prairie | TX | Denny D. Davis | 8,200 | Baptist | |
Saint Louis Family Church | Chesterfield | MO | Jeff Perry | 6,000 | Non-denominational | |
Saint Mark Baptist Church | Little Rock | AR | Phillip L. Pointer | 8,000 | Baptist | |
St. Martin's Episcopal Church | Houston | TX | Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr. | 8,300[122] | Episcopalian | |
St. Matthews Baptist Church | Williamstown | NJ | Raymond Gordon Sr. | 13,000 | Baptist | |
St. Paul's Baptist Church | Richmond | VA | Lance Watson | 6,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
St. Stephen Church | Louisville | KY | Kevin Cosby | 10,700 | Baptist | Yes (3) |
Salem Baptist Church | Chicago | IL | James Meeks | 10,100 | Baptist | |
Sandals Church | Riverside | CA | Matt Brown | 3,000 | Non-denominational | |
Scottsdale Bible Church | Scottsdale | AZ | Jamie Rasmussen | 6,200 | Non-denominational | |
Sarang Community Church of Southern California | Anaheim | CA | Chang Soo Ro | 8,000[91] | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Savannah Christian Church | Savannah | GA | Cam Huxford | 7,300 | Christian | |
Seacoast Church | Mount Pleasant | SC | Greg Surratt | 9,200 | Interdenominational | Yes (12+1 online) |
Second Baptist Church Houston | Houston | TX | Dr. Ed Young (Sr.) | 64,000[123](23,700 weekly)[124] | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (6 campuses) |
Second Presbyterian Church | Indianapolis | IN | Lewis Galloway | 4,000 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Set Free Christian Fellowship | Buena Park | CA | Phil Aguilar | 6,000 | Non-denominational | |
Sevier Heights Baptist Church[30] | Knoxville | TN | Dr. Hollie Miller | 4,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Shadow Mountain Community Church | El Cajon | CA | David Jeremiah | 7,500 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Shepherd of the Hills Church | Porter Ranch | CA | Dudley C. Rutherford | 8,700 | ||
Sherwood Baptist Church | Albany | GA | Michael Catt | 6,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Shiloh Church[125] | Oakland | CA | Patrick Kiteley | 4,500 | Christian | |
Shoreline Christian Center | Austin | TX | Rob Koke | 8,000 | Non-denominational | |
Skyline Church[126] | La Mesa | CA | Jim Garlow | 2,500 | Wesleyan Church | |
Southeast Christian Church | Middletown[a 3] | KY | Dave Stone | 21,800 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | Yes (4 + 2 planned) |
Shiloh Baptist Church | Washington | DC | National Baptist | |||
Southlake Foursquare Church | West Linn | OR | Kip Jacob | 3,500 | Foursquare Church | |
Southland Christian Church | Nicholasville[a 4] | KY | Jon Weece | 12,600 | Christian churches and churches of Christ | Yes (4) |
Southwest Baptist Church | Oklahoma City | OK | Jason Gaddis | 8,000 | Baptist | |
Spanish River Church[127] | Boca Raton | FL | Tommy Kiedis | 2,000 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church | Newport Beach | CA | Rich Kannwicher | 2,000 | ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians | |
Stonebriar Community Church | Frisco | TX | Chuck Swindoll | 5,200 | Non-denominational evangelical | |
The Summit Church | Durham | NC | J. D. Greear | 6,600 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Temple Baptist Church[30] | Powell | TN | Dr. Clarence Sexton | 6,000[31] | Independent Baptist | |
Temple of Praise | Washington | DC | Bishop Dr. Glen A. Staples | 18,000 | Non-denominational | Yes |
Tenth Presbyterian Church | Philadelphia | PA | Dr. Rev. William "Liam" Goligher | 2,400[128] | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Thomas Road Baptist Church | Lynchburg | VA | Jonathan Falwell | 8,400 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
Timberlake Church | Redmond | WA | Ben Sigman | 3,000 | Free Methodist | |
Timberline Church | Fort Collins | CO | Dary Northrop | 6,000 | Assemblies of God | |
Times Square Church | New York | NY | Carter Conlon | 8,000 | ||
Trinity Chapel Church of God | Powder Springs | GA | Jim Bolin | 6,500 | ||
Trinity United Church of Christ | Chicago | IL | Otis Moss | 8,500 | United Church of Christ | |
Triumph Church[129] | Detroit | MI | Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr | 11,600 | Missionary Baptist | Yes (4) |
12Stone Church | Lawrenceville | GA | Kevin Myers | 17,200 | Wesleyan Church | |
Union Temple AME | Washington | DC | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |||
University Park Baptist Church | Charlotte | NC | Claude Alexander, Jr. | 6,000 | BGC | |
University Presbyterian Church | Seattle | WA | George Hinman | 4,000 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Valley Baptist Church | Bakersfield | CA | Roger Spradlin, Phil Neighbors | 12,000 (4,300 weekly) | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (3) |
Valley Bible Fellowship | Bakersfield | CA | Ron Vietti | 10,300 | ||
Valley Family Church[130] | Kalamazoo | MI | Jeff and Beth Jones | 4,000 | Non-denominational | |
Valley View Church | Louisville | KY | Joel Carweile | 5,000 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Venture Christian Church[131] | Los Gatos | CA | Chip Ingram | 3,600 | Non-denominational | |
Victory Church[132] | Lakeland | FL | Wayne Blackburn | 2,000 | Assemblies of God | |
Victory Christian Center | Oklahoma City | OK | Mark Crow | 7,800 | Non-denominational | |
Victory Christian Center | Tulsa | OK | 9,300 | Non-denominational | ||
Victory World Church[133] | Norcross | GA | Dennis Rouse | 7,500 | Non-denominational[134] | Yes (2) |
Vienna Presbyterian Church | Vienna | VA | 2,500 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | ||
The Village Church | Highland Village | TX | Matt Chandler | 10,200 | Southern Baptist Convention | Yes (5) |
Village Presbyterian Church | Prairie Village | KS | Tom Are | 4,700 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Village Seven Presbyterian Church[135] | Colorado Springs | CO | Marvin J. Bates III | 2,100 | Presbyterian Church in America | |
Vineyard Cincinnati | Cincinnati | OH | Rob King | 7,000 | Association of Vineyard Churches | Yes (5)[136] |
Vineyard Columbus | Westerville | OH | Rich Nathan | 7,900 | Association of Vineyard Churches | Yes (4)[137] |
Voices of Faith Ministries | Stone Mountain | GA | Gary Hawkins Sr. | 6,900 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
Wallace Memorial Baptist Church[30] | Knoxville | TN | Dr. Mike Boyd | 2,100[31] | Southern Baptist Convention | |
The Well Community Church[138] | Fresno | CA | Brad Bell | 4,000 | Non-denominational | Yes (3) |
West Angeles Cathedral | Los Angeles | CA | Charles E. Blake | 20,000 | Church of God in Christ | |
WestGate Church[139] | San Jose | CA | Steve Clifford | 2,100 | ||
West Side Christian Church[140] | Springfield | IL | Eddie Lowen | 3,500 | Non-denominational | No |
Wheaton Bible Church | West Chicago | IL | Rob Bugh | 3,000 | Non-denominational | |
White Memorial Presbyterian Church | Raleigh | NC | Christopher Edmonston | 4,000 | Presbyterian Church (USA) | |
Willow Creek Community Church | South Barrington | IL | Bill Hybels | 25,800 | Non-denominational | Yes (7) |
Windsor Village United Methodist Church | Houston | TX | Kirbyjon Caldwell | 17,000 | United Methodist Church | |
Wooddale Church[141] | Eden Prairie | MN | Dale Hummel | 5,000 | Baptist General Conference | |
Woodlands Church | The Woodlands | TX | Kerry Shook | 18,400 | Southern Baptist Convention | |
The Woodlands United Methodist Church | The Woodlands | TX | Ed Robb | 11,000[142] | United Methodist Church | |
Woodside Bible Church[143] | Troy | MI | Douglas Schmidt | 7,200 | Yes (8+1) | |
Word of Life Church | St. Joseph | MO | Brian Zahnd | 4,000 | Nondenominational Christianity | |
Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral | Austell | GA | Dale Bronner | 8,300 | Non-denominational | |
World Changers Church Int. | College Park | GA | Creflo Dollar and Taffi Dollar | 14,000 | Pentecostal, Word of Faith | |
World Harvest Church | Columbus | OH | Rod Parsley | 13,000 | Pentecostal | |
Young Nak Presbyterian Church[144] | Los Angeles | CA | Rev. Gyeong-Jin Kim | 6,000 | KPCA |
See also
Notes
- ↑ The "City" column indicates where each listed church has its main location.
- ↑ Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
- ↑ Although Southeast Christian has a Louisville mailing address, its main worship complex is within the city limits of Middletown. The governments of Louisville and surrounding Jefferson County merged in 2003, but Middletown and the 82 other cities (apart from Louisville) in Jefferson County retained separate city limits and some governmental powers.
- ↑ Although Southland Christian is historically associated with Lexington, it moved to an unincorporated area of Jessamine County, about a half-mile (800 m) from the Lexington boundary, in 1981. The church long maintained a Lexington mailing address, but now has a Nicholasville mailing address. Southland opened a new satellite campus in Lexington in 2013.
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