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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. According to Pew Research, Nigeria is the second most religious country in the world. Its populace is evenly divided between the largely Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south. Below is a list of notable churches in Nigeria. It also contains the year of establishment, founder ...
Lagos, Nigeria National Temple: The Apostolic Church Nigeria: 2011 10,000 [41] Lagos, Nigeria Family Worship Center Assemblies of God: 2009 10,000 [42] Asunción, Paraguay House of Hope, Salem Baptist Church of Chicago: Baptist: 2005 10,000 [43] Chicago, United States Indonesian Bethel Church, Rose of Sharon Church Jakarta
A church service was held there for two weeks before the church moved to the Abuja Sheraton Hotel & Towers, where worship took place for about six months. [5] [6] [7] The church moved to its own worship location at Area 1, beside the Old Federal Secretariat in Abuja, in June 1997, less than a year after the ministry started. The ministry has ...
The National Church of Nigeria. The National Church of Nigeria (previously known as the Nigerian Ecumenical Centre and officially known as the National Christian Centre) is a non-denominational church building of the Christian Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body of many of Nigeria's Christian denominations. [39] The church is located in ...
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.
The church started two services in Noah's Ark Auditorium on Sundays in order to accommodate the teeming number of worshippers. Within a year, the number of services increased to three. [2] Today, the Noah's Ark Auditorium is the biggest church auditorium in Akwa Ibom and currently has a seating capacity of 10,000. [3]
The Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches comprise the world's largest Christian Church and the largest religious grouping globally. In 2005, there were an estimated 19 million baptised Catholics in Nigeria. [5] In 2010, the Catholic population accounted for approximately 12.6% of the population, [6] 70% of which can be found in Southeast Nigeria.
Word of Life Bible Church (WLBC) is a Pentecostal Christian megachurch located in Warri, Delta, Nigeria. It is one of the largest congregations in Nigeria, averaging about 30,000 attendees per week. [1] The church now has congregations in over 70 locations worldwide. [2] [3] The senior pastor is Ayo Oritsejafor. [4] [5]