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Calvary Chapel suggests that some churches are led astray by the management of their boards and that a biblical board of elders should aid the ministry and give wise counsel, not control the affairs of the church. In November 2016, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa left the Calvary Chapel Association and formed the Calvary Chapel Global Network.
Calvary Chapel: Calvary Chapel Melbourne West Melbourne: FL Dave Folkerts 10,000 [3] Calvary Chapel: Yes (3+1 online) Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia Philadelphia: PA Joe Focht 12,000 [3] Calvary Chapel: Calvary of Albuquerque Albuquerque: NM Skip Heitzig: 16,200 [3] Calvary Chapel: Calvary Community Church Phoenix: AZ J. Mark Martin 11,400 ...
The original Calvary Chapel, the church has grown since 1965 from a handful of people, led by senior pastor Chuck Smith, to become the "mother church" of over one thousand congregations worldwide. [1] Outreach Magazine's list of the 100 Largest Churches in America [2] lists attendance as 9,500, making it the thirty-ninth largest in America.
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. The list is not exhaustive, there are large annual changes, and there are difficulties to compare the churches as different methods to count can be used.
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Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1973 by Greg Laurie, who has been the senior pastor since that time. [1]In 2009, it opened a new building, with a 5,000-seat auditorium, a gymnasium, and a High School.
Not all of the following churches are member churches of the WMC. The largest Methodist denomination, the United Methodist Church, had about 25 percent [192] of their churches disaffiliate between 2019 and 2023, some of whom joined the Global Methodist Church, thus figures for the two denominations are an ongoing process.
In the United States, there are more than 20,000 Catholic buildings [citation needed].Among these numerous Catholic churches and cathedrals are notable. Notable ones include any that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] or on state and local historic registers.