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In 2007, the largest megachurch in the world by attendance was South Korea's Yoido Full Gospel Church, an Assemblies of God (Pentecostal) church, with more than 830,000 members. [24] [25] Graha Bethany Nginden, is a megachurch which is one of the largest churches in Surabaya, Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
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]
In 1993, with 700,000 members, the Yoido Full Gospel Church, was the world's largest congregation recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. [13] Despite the drain of members to the satellite churches, however, new recruits by the mother church – brought in through the vast cell network – have made up for the losses, and membership ...
Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the annual directory of the Catholic Church or Annuario Pontificio of 2024, there were 1.390 billion baptized Catholics in 2022.
The world's largest Pentecostal denomination. Seventh-day Adventist Church: Adventist: 1863 Ted N.C. Wilson [30] Silver Spring, Maryland, United States: Worldwide 21,912,161 [31] The world's largest Adventist denomination. Brings together the vast majority of the world's Adventists. The Apostolic Church: Pentecostal: 1911/1916 Worldwide 15,000,000
The world's largest Mormon temple, which took some 40 years to build and opened in 1893, soars 210 feet into the Utah sky. ... the Family History Library (the world's largest genealogical library ...
Enrollment grew to over 10,000, and Angelus Temple was advertised as the largest single Christian congregation in the world. [51] According to church records, the Temple received 40 million visitors within the first seven years. [52] Despite her earlier rooting in Pentecostalism, her church reflected interdenominational beliefs.
The SBC has been in membership decline for nearly two decades but remains the largest Protestant denomination in America. In statistics released earlier this year by Lifeway Research, the ...