Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Biggest US Megachurches

Here's a list of the top five megachurches in terms of attendance along with the percentage change from the year before.

1. Lakewood Church Houston - Joel Osteen 43,500 -.7.4%
2. Second Baptist Church Houston - Ed Young Sr. 23,659 -2.6%
3. North Point Community Church Alpharetta, Ga. - Andy Stanley 22,557 +15.2%
4. Willow Creek Community Church South Barrington, Ill. - Bill Hybels 22,500 +8.7%
5. LifeChurch (13 locations in 6 states, online at secondlife.com) -Craig Groeschel 20,823 +4.6%

Source: Lifeway Research

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's crazy that the difference between the first and second ones on the list is 20,000 people!

By the way, you left off The Orchard Oxford.

Blake said...

I think it's interesting that Saddleback isn't on there, even though Warren gets so much flack for having a large church. And Ed Young, SR? Senior?

His son is the one that is in the public's eye so much.