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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.
United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lewiston, Maine) 3,264 2,200 1906–1936 Lewiston, Maine United States: Catholic Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: 3,170 [88] 86,000 [89] 1882–1912 Sofia Bulgaria: Eastern Orthodox
Hence, due to inaccuracies, the same church can sometimes be reported to have attendance and membership counts that differ 5–10 times, depending on how reporting is done and who is doing it, e.g. Yoido Full Gospel Church can sometimes be mentioned with attendance numbers over 800,000.
In 2010, the Hartford Institute's database listed more than 1,300 megachurches in the United States. About 50 churches on the list had average attendance exceeding 10,000, and one had 47,000. [21] On one weekend in November 2015, around one in ten Protestant churchgoers in the U.S.—about 5 million people—attended service in a megachurch. [22]
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Calculating the church's average weekend attendance is important since it determines the size of a given church. For example, in the U.S., an average weekend attendance of more than 2,000 people separates a mega church from a large church, and an average weekend attendance between 51 and 300 people defines the large church; while a small church ...
Crenshaw, Los Angeles, United States Konyak Baptist Church Mon Nagaland Baptist Church Council (Baptist World Alliance) 2023 10,000 [35] Mon, Nagaland, India Noah's Ark Auditorium Full Life Christian Centre: 2015 10,000 [36] Uyo, Nigeria Temple of Solomon (São Paulo) Universal Church of the Kingdom of God: 2014 10,000 [37] São Paulo, Brazil
Episcopal Church in the United States – 1.6 million [47] Church of North India – 1.5 million [48] Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan – 1.1 million [citation needed] Anglican Church of Rwanda – 1.0 million [49] Church of the Province of Central Africa – 0.9 million [50] Anglican Church of Burundi – 0.8 million [51]