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A megachurch is a church with a very large membership that also offers a variety of educational and social activities. Most megachurches are Protestant , and particularly Evangelical , although the word denotes a type of organization, not a denomination.
Dan Schaeffer's article "McChurch" [3] in the 2002 issue of the Christian-themed Plain Truth Magazine. Schaeffer states that many Christian churches have "gone Las Vegas" in order to grow their congregations. Maine State Representative Stan Moody's 2006 book McChurched which describes a pervasive consumerism in the evangelical Christian community.
The same source also lists more than 1,300 such Protestant and Evangelical churches in the United States with a weekly attendance of more than 2,000, meeting the definition of a megachurch. [ 4 ] As the term megachurch in common parlance refers to Protestant congregations; although there are some Catholic parishes which would meet the criteria ...
John Gray is not a traditional pastor, but neither is his non-denominational megachurch, home to a congregation of at least 10,000. Sometimes he sports a hoodie while preaching at the pulpit.
Willow Creek Community Church is an Evangelical nondenominational multisite megachurch based in the northwestern Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois.It was founded on October 12, 1975 by Dave Holmbo and Bill Hybels, who was its longtime senior pastor.
Harvest Bible Chapel is an nondenominational Christianity megachurch in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Founded in 1988, it has grown to seven campuses in the Chicago metropolitan area. In 2008, the church was listed by Outreach magazine as one of the 100 fastest-growing churches in America. In January 2019, it was listed as one of the 50 largest ...
Renee Bach was 19 when she claims to have heard a calling from God telling her to travel to Uganda on a missionary trip to save children from starvation, poverty and deadly diseases. In 2009, she ...
This will be the fourth anniversary of the Let Us Worship concert and event, which started in 2020 as a response to COVID-19 public health measures.