This list of the largest Protestant churches in the USA is a non-exhaustive list of the approximately 1200 protestant megachurches, or churches that have more than 2,000 members, in the United States

United States

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. (There are approximately 3000 Catholic mega-parishes with more than 2,000 members in the United States

United States

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, but not included here.)

Membership numbers give only a very rough indication of size. They vary from year to year. Also, some churches report typical Sunday attendance while others report the number who are listed in church records or make financial contributions, which may be higher.

Some of the larger churches are multi-site church

Multi-site church

A multi-site church is one church that meets at multiple locations. Churches began to use the multi-site church model in the mid 1980s...

es. Many churches deliver their message through television

Television

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 or other media, sometimes reaching much higher numbers than those who physically attend the church.

Church	City	State	Pastor(s)	Membership	Orientation
Abundant Living Faith Center Abundant Living Faith Center The Abundant Living Faith Center is a nondenominational, multicultural church in El Paso, Texas, USA, with about 20,000 members in 2009.As of 2009, it ranked number 41 by size on the Outreach Magazine's list of largest churches in the USA....	El Paso El Paso El Paso, a city in the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Mexico.El Paso may also refer to:-Geography:Colombia:* El Paso, CesarSpain:*El Paso, Santa Cruz de TenerifeUnited States:...	TX	Charles Nieman Charles Nieman Charles Nieman is a pastor of the Abundant Living Faith Center in El Paso, Texas, USA, a non-denominational megachurch.His church was rated as the 31st fastest growing church and 41st in size in 2008 by Outreach Magazine....	9,500	Non-denominational
Angelus Temple Angelus Temple Angelus Temple was the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California....	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CA	Matthew Barnett Matthew Barnett Matthew Barnett is co-founder of the Dream Center and senior pastor of the Angelus Temple, the central house of worship of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California.-Dream Center:...	8,272	Pentecostal
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church	Chicago	IL	Charles Jenkins	8,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church	Miami	FL	Arthur Jackson III	7,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Bayside Covenant Church Bayside Church (Sacramento region) Bayside Church, formally known as Bayside Covenant Church, is a family of churches centered around the primary church in Roseville, California, which is referred to as the Granite Bay campus. The Granite Bay church's senior pastor is Ray Johnston, and its main worship leader is Lincoln Brewster...	Roseville Roseville, California -2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...	CA	Ray Johnston	10,052	Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC)
Bel Air Presbyterian Church Bel Air Presbyterian Church Bel Air Presbyterian Church is a Christian megachurch located in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church currently averages more than 3,000 in attendance each weekend.-History:...	Bel Air, Los Angeles	CA	Mark Brewer	2,500	Presbyterian
Bellevue Baptist Church Bellevue Baptist Church Bellevue Baptist Church is a large Southern Baptist megachurch in the Cordova area of Memphis, Tennessee, United States.-History:Bellevue Baptist was founded in 1903 by Central Baptist Church as a mission church on the outskirts of Memphis...	Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....	TN	Steve Gaines Steve Gaines (pastor) Dr. John Steven "Steve" Gaines is an American Southern Baptist pastor. He is currently serving at Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova , one of the largest congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention. On Sunday, July 10, 2005 the Pastor Search Committee of Bellevue Baptist Church presented Dr...	10,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Bell Shoals Baptist Church	Brandon	FL	Stephen Rummage	8000+	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Berachah Church Berachah Church Berachah Church is a Christian fundamentalist, nondenominational church founded in 1935 in Houston, Texas.-History:Berachah Church was founded by C. W. Colgan, an oil company executive, who created it to evangelize Christianity. In 1950, Robert Thieme came to Berachah...	Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...	TX	Robert B. Thieme		Fundamentalist Fundamentalist Christianity Christian fundamentalism, also known as Fundamentalist Christianity, or Fundamentalism, arose out of British and American Protestantism in the late 19th century and early 20th century among evangelical Christians...
Bethany World Prayer Center Bethany World Prayer Center Bethany World Prayer Center is a megachurch located in Baton Rouge, LA. The church was founded in 1963 by Roy Stockstill.- History :Bethany was founded in 1963 by Pastors Roy and Ruth Stockstill, emphasizing simplicity, sincerity, and sacrifice as the guiding principles of the church...	Baker Baker A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, Cakes and similar foods may also be produced, as the traditional boundaries between what is produced by a baker as opposed to a pastry chef have blurred in recent decades...	LA	Larry Stockstill	8,000
Bethel Baptist Institutional Church Bethel Baptist Institutional Church Bethel Baptist Institutional Church is a historic Baptist church in Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States. Founded in 1838, it is the city's oldest Baptist congregation...	Jacksonville	FL	Rudolph McKissick Sr. Rudolph McKissick Jr.	8,168	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Bethel Church Bethel Church (Redding, California) Bethel Church is a church that was established in Redding, California as an Assemblies of God congregation in 1954, and has since grown to an estimated weekly attendance of over 3,000 people...	Redding Redding, California Redding is a city in far-Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, USA. With a population of 89,861, according to the 2010 Census...	CA	Bill Johnson Bill Johnson (pastor) Bill Johnson and his wife Brenda Johnson are the Senior Pastors of Bethel Church in Redding, California. Johnson is a fifth generation pastor.- Personal background :...	3,000	Charismatic
Beulah Missionary Baptist Church	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	GA	Jerry D. Black	8,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Big Valley Grace Community Church	Modesto Modesto, California Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....	CA	Rick Countryman	5,000	Nondenominational
Buckhead Church Buckhead Church Buckhead Church is an in-town campus of North Point Ministries located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Over 6,500 adults and 800 children/students are in attendance every weekend. Andy Stanley is the senior pastor. Billy Phenix serves as the campus pastor and, in...	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	GA	Andy Stanley Andy Stanley Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization.- Biography :...	5,000	Interdenominational/Southern Baptist heritage
Briarwood Presbyterian Church Briarwood Presbyterian Church Briarwood Presbyterian Church was formed in 1960 by the Rev. Frank M. Barker, Jr. and is located in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. It is a conservative evangelical Protestant congregation, and has been so since its inception. In 1999, Barker retired after serving as the senior pastor for 40 years,...	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	AL	Harry Reeder	4,100	PCA Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
Calvary Baptist Church	Winston-Salem	NC	Dr Gary Chapman	6,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Calvary Chapel Chino Valley	Chino Chino, California Chino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located in the western end of the Riverside-San Bernardino Area and it is easily accessible via the Chino Valley and Pomona freeways....	CA	David Rosales	8,500
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa is a Christian church located near the boundary between the cities of Costa Mesa and Santa Ana in Orange County. It is the original Calvary Chapel, having grown since 1965 from a handful of people led by Chuck Smith to become the "mother church" of over one thousand...	Costa Mesa Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...	CA	Chuck Smith Chuck Smith (pastor) Charles Ward “Chuck” Smith, , is the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and the founder of the Calvary Chapel movement...	9,500	Evangelical
Calvary Chapel Downey	Downey Downey, California Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter lived and died...	CA	Jeff Johnson	7,000
Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale is one of the largest evangelical churches in the United States. According to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, it is the largest megachurch in Florida, with approximately 18,000 worshipers attending on average. Founded in 1985 by Bob Coy, it is...	Fort Lauderdale	FL	Bob Coy	18,000	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Calvary Chapel Golden Springs	Diamond Bar	CA	Raul Ries	12,000
Calvary Chapel Melbourne	West Melbourne West Melbourne, Florida West Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It was created in 1959 to stop the area from being annexed into the City of Melbourne. The population was 9,824 at the 2000 census. In 1970, the city's population was approximately 3,050. As of 2008, the estimated population...	FL	Mark Balmer Mark Balmer Mark Balmer is the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel of Melbourne in West Melbourne, Florida.-Biography:He was a hospital pharmacy director for twenty-five years before building a new church in the Melbourne-Palm Bay area in 1992. Today more than eight thousand people come to worship each weekend on...	10,000
Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Joe Focht	8,000
Calvary Chapel South Bay	Gardena Gardena, California Gardena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 58,829 at the 2010 census, up from 57,746 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gardena is located at ....	CA	Steve Mays	9,600
Calvary Church Calvary Church (Charlotte) Calvary Church is a non-denominational evangelical church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its senior pastor since 2005 is Dr. John H. Munro. The church was founded in 1939 by the Rev...	Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...	NC	John H. Munro		Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Calvary of Albuquerque	Albuquerque	NM	Skip Heitzig Skip Heitzig Skip Heitzig is the founder and senior pastor of Calvary of Albuquerque, a Calvary Chapel fellowship located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.- Personal :...	13,500	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Calvary Temple Worship Center	Modesto	CA	Glen Berteau	7,335
Cathedral of His Glory Cathedral of His Glory The Cathedral of His Glory is the second headquarters of Ministries of His Glory International. It is a Charismatic church based out of Greensboro, North Carolina...	Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...	NC	C. Paul Willis		Charismatic Charismatic movement The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	John Wood	3,562	Evangelical Presbyterian
Celebration Church Celebration Church Celebration Church is a global, diverse, multi-site megachurch that reaches people from all walks of life. Founded by , now the lead pastor of the Jacksonville campus, Celebration began in 1998 and now has nearly 12,000 in attendance weekly...	Jacksonville	FL	Stovall Weems	7,015	Non-denominational
Central Baptist Church of Bearden	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	Dr. Wade Bibb	4,183	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Central Christian Church E. Valley	Mesa Mesa A mesa or table mountain is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape....	AZ	Cal Jernigan	7,425
Central Christian Church	Henderson Henderson, Nevada -Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...	NV	Jud Wilhite Jud Wilhite Jud Wilhite is an American pastor and author. He currently serves as the senior pastor of Central Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jud was born and raised in Texas, where he met his wife Lori. They have two children and a bulldog....	13,010
Champion Forest Baptist Church Champion Forest Baptist Church Champion Forest Baptist Church, is a megachurch in Northwest Houston, Texas. It is an evangelical, Christian church, and is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.-History:...	Houston	TX	David Fleming	9,000	Southern Baptist
ChangePoint ChangePoint ChangePoint is a large, non-denominational church in Anchorage Alaska in the USA. They currently conduct four weekend services. It has been featured in the and on The Church Report, a church growth website. Dan Jarrell is the current Teaching Pastor at ChangePoint...	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...	AK	Dan Jarrell	4,500	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Cherry Hills Community Church	Highlands Ranch Highlands Ranch, Colorado Highlands Ranch is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 96,713 at the 2010 census; it is one of the most populous unincorporated communities in the United States...	CO	Jim Dixon	6,000 Sunday attendance	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Chestnut Ridge Church Chestnut Ridge Church Chestnut Ridge Church is a nondenominational, evangelical megachurch in Morgantown, West Virginia. The church spawned two sister churches: South Ridge Church, in Fairmont, West Virginia and River Ridge in Charleston, West Virginia...	Morgantown Morgantown, West Virginia Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...	WV	Tim Haring	2,400	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christ Church of Oak Brook	Oak Brook	IL	Daniel Meyer Daniel Meyer Daniel Meyer was the founder and president Southwest Technical Products Corporation. He was born in New Braunfels, Texas and raised in San Marcos, Texas where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in 1957 from Southwest Texas State...	2,000	Non-denominational
Christ Fellowship Christ Fellowship Christ Fellowship is a non-denominational Christian megachurch, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. According to Outreach Magazine, Christ Fellowship is currently the 25th largest church in the United States....	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	Tom Mullins	12,339	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Christ's Church Christ's Church, Jacksonville Christ’s Church is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in southern Jacksonville, Florida. According to the church's website, attendance is over 4,200 at worship services in their three locations...	Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...	FL	Dennis Bratton	4,200	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Christ's Church of the Valley Christ's Church of the Valley Christ's Church of the Valley is an Evangelical Christian megachurch located in Peoria, Arizona, found in northwestern Maricopa County. The church was founded in 1982 by senior pastor Dr. Donald Wilson. Weekend church attendance exceeds 15,000, making it the largest non-denominational church in...	Peoria Peoria, Arizona Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Located primarily in Maricopa County, it is a major suburb of Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau releases, the population of the city is 154,065. Peoria is currently the sixth largest city in Arizona for land...	AZ	Donald J. Wilson	12,535	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Christian Cultural Center	Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	NY	A. R. Bernard	29,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Christian Faith Center	Federal Way	WA	Casey Treat Casey Treat Casey Treat is an American pastor, teleevanglist, author and motivational speaker. He is also the co-founder and co-pastor the Christian Faith Center in Seattle and president of Vision College...	10,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations... , Pentecostal Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
Christian Fellowship Church Christian Fellowship Church Christian Fellowship Church is a non-denominational mega-church located in Evansville, Indiana. David Niednagel, the current senior pastor, founded the church in 1974. As of August 2007 the church has an average weekly attendance of 2,800 adults. "...	Evansville Evansville, Indiana Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...	IN	David Niednagel	2,800	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Church of the Apostles Church of the Apostles (Atlanta, Georgia) The Church of the Apostles is an evangelical, Anglican megachurch located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Michael Youssef is the Rector....	Atlanta	GA	Michael Youssef Michael Youssef Michael Youssef, Ph.D. is the Founder and President of Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef, a worldwide ministry that leads the way for people living in spiritual darkness to discover the light of Christ through the creative use of media and on-the-ground ministry teams...	3,000	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...  Anglican Anglicanism Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
Church of the Highlands Church of the Highlands Church of the Highlands is a non-denominational, Christian church in Birmingham, Alabama. Highlands is a multi-site church with campuses in several Alabama cities. The church was founded on February 4, 2001 by Pastor Chris Hodges and a core group of 34 people. In 2008, Outreach Magazine named...	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...	AL	Chris Hodges	11,500	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Church of the Redeemed of the Lord	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	MD	Jerome Stokes	7,500
Church of the Resurrection United Methodist Church of the Resurrection The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection is a congregation of the United Methodist Church. The main campus is located in Leawood, Kansas with satellite campuses in Olathe, Kansas, downtown Kansas City, Missouri & Blue Springs, Missouri....	Leawood	KS	Adam Hamilton Adam Hamilton (pastor) Rev. Adam Hamilton is the senior pastor of the 18,000 member United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. It is the largest United Methodist congregation in the United States, measured by weekend attendance. The congregation has recently expanded to multiple sites in the Kansas...	18,000	Methodist United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
Church On the Way The Church On the Way The Church On The Way is a Foursquare denomination megachurch located in Van Nuys, California founded by Jack Hayford.-History:In 1969, young Jack Hayford became the pastor of this church when pastor Howard Carson became ill and then stepped down...	Van Nuys	CA	Jim Tolle Jim Tolle James Allen "Jim" Tolle , is the senior pastor of La Iglesia En El Camino, the Spanish-speaking sister church of The Church On The Way, in Van Nuys, CA....	5,000	Foursquare International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination. As of 2000 it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. In 2006, membership in the United States...  and Non-Denominational
Cokesbury United Methodist Church	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	G. Steven Sallee	3,030	Methodist United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
Colorado Community Church Colorado Community Church Colorado Community Church is an interdenominational megachurch located in Aurora and Englewood, Colorado, United States. Colorado Community Church has more than 2000 members and is pastored by Rev. Robert Gelinas.-History:...	Englewood Englewood, Colorado The city of Englewood is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. As of 2007, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,532. Englewood is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. Englewood is located in the South Platte River Valley east of the...	CO	Robert Gelinas	2,000	Interdenominational
Community Bible Church	San Antonio	TX	Robert Emmitt	12,120
Community Christian Church Community Christian Church Community Christian Church is a Christian multi-site megachurch, with headquarters in Naperville, Illinois. As of March 2010, the church conducts services at 11 different locations in Chicago area, mostly in the far west suburbs....	Naperville Naperville, Illinois Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...	IL	Dave Ferguson
Compass Church	Naperville Naperville, Illinois Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...	IL	Dale Hummel	2,800	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Cornerstone Church of Ames Cornerstone Church of Ames Cornerstone Church, located near the intersection of U.S. Highway 30 and Interstate 35 in Ames, Iowa, was established in 1994 as an evangelical Christian church and has since grown to a congregation size of more than 2,000 active members...	Ames Ames, Iowa Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa...	IA	Troy Nesbitt	2,000	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Cornerstone Church	San Antonio	TX	John Hagee John Hagee John Charles Hagee is an American founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational charismatic megachurch with more than 19,000 active members...	8,406	non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...  charismatic Charismatic movement The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
Cornerstone Church of San Diego Cornerstone Church of San Diego Cornerstone Church of San Diego is a non-denominational, charismatic megachurch located in National City, California. The senior pastors of Cornerstone Church of San Diego are Sergio & Georgina De La Mora. The church averages about 4,000 people in attendance each week. The church was recognized by...	National City National City, California National City is a city in San Diego County, California. The population was 58,582 at the 2010 census, up from 54,260 at the 2000 census. National City is the second oldest city in San Diego County and has a historic past.-History:...	CA	Sergio De La Mora Georgina De La Mora	4,000	non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...  charismatic Charismatic movement The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt...
Cornwall Church Cornwall Church Cornwall Church is an Evangelical Christian megachurch in Bellingham, Washington affiliated with the Church of God Movement, with an average weekly attendance exceeding 2,500.-History:...	Bellingham Bellingham, Washington Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...	WA	Bob Marvel	2,500	Church of God (Anderson,Indiana)
Covenant Church	Carrolton	TX	Mike Hayes	8,000
Covenant United Methodist Church Covenant United Methodist Church Covenant United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church located in Austin, Texas, in the United States.-History:In May of 1981, at the Annual Conference of the Southwest Texas Conference of the United Method Church, the Reverend Harry G. Foster was commissioned to establish a new United...	Winterville Winterville Winterville may refer to:* Winterville , a British-based blues-rock trioPlaces in the United States* Winterville, Georgia* Winterville, North Carolina* Winterville Plantation, Maine* Winterville Site-See also:...	NC	Branson Sheets	6,500	United Methodist
Covenant Glen Community Church	Missouri City Missouri City, Texas Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...	TX	Dr. Robert Childress, Senior Pastor	3,000	United Methodist
The Crossing Church The Crossing Church The Crossing is an independent, non-denominational church headquartered in Quincy, Illinois associated with the Christian Churches in the Restoration Movement. The church oversees locations in Macomb, Illinois, Kirksville, Missouri and Pittsfield, Illinois. and maintains an online presence.The...	Quincy Quincy, Illinois Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...	IL	Jerry Harris	3,500	Non-denominational
Crossroads	Cincinnati	OH	Brian Tome (pastor)	15,100
Crossroads Christian Church Crossroads Christian Church Crossroads Christian Church is an Evangelical Christian megachurch, located in Corona, California, United States.-History:Crossroads Christian Church was founded in 1892 by nine members in Corona, California...	Corona Corona, California Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census...	CA	Chuck Booher	8,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Denton Bible Church	Denton Denton, Texas The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...	TX	Tom Nelson	3,000+	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Eagle Brook Church	Hugo Hugo, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 6,363 people, 2,125 households, and 1,742 families residing in the city. The population density was 187.2 people per square mile . There were 2,174 housing units at an average density of 64.0 per square mile...	MN	Bob Merritt Bob Merritt Bob Merritt is the Senior Pastor of Eagle Brook Church in Lino Lakes, Minnesota, USA, a megachurch that has seen explosive growth under his leadership.Six years into his ministry, by 1997 the church had attendance of 1,400....	13,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
El Rey Jesus El rey jesus El Rey Jesús, anglicized as King Jesus Ministry, is a Christian Apostolic and Prophetic church located in Miami, Florida with a general attendance between 15,000 and 20,000 individuals per week. According to Christian News Report, the church is the largest Hispanic church in the United States...	Miami Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...	FL	Guillermo Maldonado	7,000	Pentecostal Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
Elevation Church Elevation Church Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a Southern Baptist megachurch pastored by Steven Furtick. Elevation was cited by Outreach Magazine as one of the Top 100 fastest growing churches in the country in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010...	Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...	NC	Steven Furtick Steven Furtick Steven Furtick is an American pastor and author. He is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Furtick and wife Holly have three children, Abbey, Elijah and Graham.)...	6,000	Non-Denominational
Elmbrook Church Elmbrook Church Elmbrook Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch located in the Greater Milwaukee-area suburb of Brookfield, Wisconsin, in Waukesha County. Since the church's founding in 1958, it has become one of the largest churches in the United States...	Brookfield Brookfield, Wisconsin Brookfield is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the second largest city in Waukesha County, and the leading commercial suburb of Milwaukee. The City of Brookfield was formed in 1954 from the Town of...	WI	Mel Lawrenz Mel Lawrenz Mel Lawrenz is the former senior pastor and current Minister-at-Large of Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin. He began serving at Elmbrook in 1980 and the church currently averages 6,000 people in attendance per week, making it one of the 100-largest churches in the United States Lawrenz...	7,000	Non-denominational, Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Evangel	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	KY	Bob Rodgers		Pentecostal Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
Fairfax Community Church Fairfax Community Church Fairfax Community Church is an evangelical congregation located in Fairfax County, Virginia. The church is affiliated with the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana. By membership, the church is classified as a megachurch, with an average weekly attendance of 2,000. The church has a small group...	Fairfax Fairfax, Virginia The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....	VA	Rod Stafford	2,000	Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Faith Chapel Christian Center Faith Chapel Christian Center Faith Chapel Christian Center is a non-denominational, Christian, megachurch located in Ensley, Alabama. The congregation, though largely African American, also consists of a variety of individuals from various ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds...	Ensley, Birmingham Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama Ensley is a large city neighborhood in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It was once a separate and thriving industrial city. It is part of the Birmingham–Hoover Metropolitan Area.-History:...	AL	Michael D. Moore Michael D. Moore (evangelist) Michael D. Moore is the Senior Pastor and Founder of the 6400-member megachurch, Faith Chapel Christian Center and Mike Moore Ministries in Birmingham, Alabama...	6,400	Non-denominational
Faith Church St. Louis Faith Church St. Louis Faith Church St. Louis is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Missouri with campuses in Earth City, MO and Sunset Hills, MO. The church is listed #5 on Outreach Magazine's 2009 list of the 100 fastest growing churches in America.-Television:...	Earth City Earth City, Missouri Earth City, Missouri is an unincorporated community located in St. Louis County, along Interstate 70 near the Missouri River. It is bounded by the city of Bridgeton on the east and north, the city of Maryland Heights to the south, and the Missouri River to the west. It is also in proximity to...	MO	David Crank, Nicole Crank		Non-denominational
Faithful Central Bible Church	Inglewood Inglewood, California Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...	CA	Kenneth C. Ulmer
Faith Bible Chapel	Arvada Arvada, Colorado The City of Arvada is a Home Rule Municipality located in Jefferson and Adams counties in the Denver metropolitan area of the U.S. State of Colorado. Olde Town Arvada is located northwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver...	CO	George Morrison	5,500	Non-denominational
Faith Community Church	West Covina	CA	Jim Reeve (pastor)	10,000
Faith Fellowship Outreach Center	Sayreville	NJ	David T. Demola	9,200	Non-denominational
Faith Landmarks Ministries	Richmond Richmond, Virginia Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...	VA	Randy Gilbert (pastor)	10,000
Family Christian Center Family Christian Center Family Christian Center, commonly abbreviated to FCC, is a megachurch located in Munster, Indiana. It was founded in the early 1950s by Bishop Frank Munsey and his wife, Ruth. Today, Steve Munsey is the senior pastor at Family Christian Center. The nondenominational church has 10,000 members, and...	Munster Munster Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...	IN	Steve Munsey Steve Munsey Steve K. Munsey is the pastor of the Family Christian Center in Munster, Indiana. He is frequently seen on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, DayStar, and local stations throughout the United States.-Early life:...	10,600	Non-denominational
Fellowship Bible Church	Rogers Rogers, Arkansas Rogers is a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964. The city is located in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, in the northwest corner of the state.-History:...	AR	Robert V. Cupp	8,000
Fellowship Church Fellowship Church Fellowship Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, that is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. FC is one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the United States, with an estimated attendance exceeding 20,000...	Grapevine Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...	TX	Ed Young Jr.	19,913	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:... , Southern Baptist heritage
First African Methodist Episcopal First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles The First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles is a megachurch in Los Angeles, California, USA, part of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is the oldest church founded by African Americans in Los Angeles, dating to 1872...	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CA	John Joseph Hunter (pastor)	10,000	Methodist
First Baptist Church Atlanta	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...	GA	Charles Stanley Charles Stanley Charles Stanley , is a US preacher, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.Charles Stanley may also refer to:*Charles H...	16,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
First Baptist Church Dallas	Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	TX	Robert Jeffress Robert Jeffress (pastor) Robert Jeffress is the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. He hosts a show Pathway to Victory that is broadcast on more than 500 radio stations.He grew up under pastor W. A...	12,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
First Baptist Church Houston	Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...	TX	Gregg Matte	10,000	Southern Baptist
First Baptist Church Jacksonville	Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...	FL	Mac Brunson	28,000 registered members; 7,500 Sunday attendance	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
First Baptist Church Hammond	Hammond Hammond, Indiana Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....	IN	Jack Schaap	17,678	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
First Baptist Church Orlando	Orlando Orlando Orlando is a major city in the U.S. state of Florida.Orlando may also refer to-Places:* in Florida** Orlando, a major city** Greater Orlando, the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	FL	David Uth	8,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
First Baptist Church of Springdale First Baptist Church of Springdale First Baptist Church, located in Springdale, is the largest church in the state of Arkansas. The church is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention. The church is known for having a regional membership. The church reaches people throughout the world via church plants and media...	Springdale Springdale, Arkansas As of the census of 2010, there were 69,797 people, 22,805 households, and 16,640 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 64.7% White, 0.82% Black or African American, 1.8% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 5.7% Pacific Islander, 22% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more...	AR	Ronnie Floyd Ronnie Floyd Ronnie Wayne Floyd is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Springdale in Springdale, Arkansas, USA and of its second campus the The Church At Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, Arkansas, both "megachurches". On Jan...	12,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
First Baptist Church Woodstock	Woodstock Woodstock, Georgia Woodstock is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 23,896 at the 2010 census.Originally a stop on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Woodstock is now considered part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...	GA	Johnny Hunt Johnny Hunt Johnny M. Hunt is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is currently the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Georgia.- Early life :...	17,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
First Baptist Concord	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	Dr. Doug Sager	6,495	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
First Presbyterian Church of Houston	Houston	TX	Rev. Dr. Jim Birchfield	3,600	Presbyterian Church, USA Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
Flamingo Road Church	Cooper City	FL	Troy Gramling	8,005
Flatirons Community Church Flatirons Community Church Flatirons Community Church is a large non-denominational church in Lafayette, Colorado, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado, USA.The church was launched in 1997 and grew fast, with 200 members by 1999 and 1,700 members in 2002....	Lafayette Lafayette, Colorado The City of Lafayette is a Home Rule Municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 23,884 on 2005-07-01.- Geography :Lafayette is located at ....	CO	Jim Burgen Jim Burgen Jim Burgen is the senior pastor at Flatirons Community Church, a non-denominational evangelical megachurch in Lafayette, Colorado, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado, USA....	7,200	Non-denominational Evangelical
Fountain of Praise	Houston	TX	Remus Wright	11,752
Fourth Presbyterian Church	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	IL	John M. Buchanan John Buchanan (pastor) Rev. John M. Buchanan is the pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois, the second largest congregation in the Presbyterian Church ....	6,102	Presbyterian Church, USA Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
Frazer United Methodist Church Frazer United Methodist Church Frazer United Methodist Church is a United Methodist megachurch located at 6000 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, Alabama. It has more than 8,000 members with a mission to "worship, win, disciple, and serve to the glory of God"...	Montgomery Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located on the Alabama River southeast of the center of the state, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. As of the 2010 census, Montgomery had a population of 205,764 making it the second-largest city...	AL	Tim Thompson	8,000	Methodist Methodism Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
Free Chapel Worship Center	Gainesville Gainesville, Georgia -Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...	GA	Jentzen Franklin	11,500
Friends Church Friends Church Friends Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in the upscale Orange County city of Yorba Linda, California. The church is affiliated with the Evangelical Friends International denomination...	Yorba Linda Yorba Linda, California Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and southeast of Downtown Los Angeles....	CA	Matthew Cork	4,000	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...  Quaker
Gateway Church Gateway Church (Texas) Gateway Church is a non-denominational Charismatic Christian megachurch located in Southlake, Texas. In its 10 year history, the church has averaged more than 16,000 in attendance each week...	Southlake Southlake, Texas Southlake is a city in northeast Tarrant and southeast Denton counties, Texas. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 26,575. A suburb of Fort Worth and Dallas, Southlake is known for exemplary public schools, Southlake Town Square, and Carroll High School's 7-time state champion football...	TX	Robert Morris	16,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Germantown Baptist Church Germantown Baptist Church Germantown Baptist Church dates back to 1838 in Germantown, Tennessee and is a large Southern Baptist church, now categorized as a megachurch. The church is 171 years old, and since its founding has moved from its location in downtown Germantown to an over building complex on a campus near the...	Germantown Germantown, Tennessee Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east. Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown...	TN	Charles Fowler	12,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Ginghamsburg Church Ginghamsburg Church Ginghamsburg Church is located in Tipp City, Ohio, 13 miles north of Dayton, Ohio. It hosts 4500 people of all ages on its campuses each week and is one of the 10 largest United Methodist Churches in the United States. -Worship and ministries:...	Tipp City Tipp City, Ohio Tipp City is a city in Miami County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,689 at the 2010 census. Formerly known as Tippecanoe, and then Tippecanoe City, this town was renamed to Tipp City in 1938 because another town in Ohio was likewise named Tippecanoe...	OH		4,500	United Methodist United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...
Grace Baptist Church	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	Dr. Ron Stewart	5,800	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Grace Cathedral Cathedral of Tomorrow The Cathedral of Tomorrow was built in 1958 as home to Rex Humbard's ministry. The Cathedral, a round building with the sanctuary in the middle and classrooms and offices around the edges, located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, seats 5,400. It has a domed roof with a large illuminated cross that hangs...	Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 49,374 people, 21,655 households, and 13,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,932.9 people per square mile . There were 22,727 housing units at an average density of 889.7 per square mile...	OH	Ernest Angley Ernest Angley Ernest Angley is an international Christian evangelist, based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.-Grace Cathedral:Ernest Angley's interdenominational ministry was originally based at Grace Cathedral in Springfield Township, Ohio southeast of Akron...		Interdenominational
Grace Community Church Grace Community Church (California) Grace Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical megachurch located in Sun Valley, California. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of the congregation, founded in 1956...	Sun Valley	CA	John MacArthur John F. MacArthur John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister noted for his internationally known and broadcast radio program titled Grace to You...	9,258	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations... , Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Grace Community Church Grace Community Church (Texas) Grace Community Church is a non-denominational megachurch located in Houston, Texas.The church currently has three services on Sunday at their main facility : two English-speaking and one Spanish-speaking....	Houston	TX			Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Granger Community Church Granger Community Church Granger Community Church is an American United Methodist megachurch located in Granger, Indiana, near South Bend, Indiana. It was founded in 1986 by Mark Beeson, who is currently the Senior Pastor. The church has five weekend services with approximately 5,500 attendees.Granger Community Church is...	Granger Granger, Indiana Granger is a census-designated place in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, located in Clay and Harris Townships. The population was 30,465 at the 2010 census. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation and the South Bend Community School Corporation maintain the public schools in the area...	IN	Mark Beeson		Methodist
Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York The Greater Allen Cathedral of New York is an African Methodist Episcopal cathedral located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. The congregation is over 23,000 members, and Prospect Magazine named the cathedral the 57th largest church in the United States of America....	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	NY	Floyd H. Flake	23,000	Methodist African Methodist Episcopal Church The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the A.M.E. Church, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination based in the United States. It was founded by the Rev. Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816 from several black Methodist congregations in the...
Greater Grace World Outreach Greater Grace World Outreach Greater Grace World Outreach is an affiliation of nondenominational. evangelical Christian churches that emphasize grace, the finished work, and missions. The headquarters of Greater Grace World Outreach is currently located at its megachurch in Baltimore, Maryland. GGWO was founded by Carl H....	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	MD	Thomas Schaller		Nondenominational, fundamentalist Fundamentalist Christianity Christian fundamentalism, also known as Fundamentalist Christianity, or Fundamentalism, arose out of British and American Protestantism in the late 19th century and early 20th century among evangelical Christians... , evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Greater Mount Calvary Holy Church	Washington Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....	DC	Alfred A. Owens, Jr.	7,000	Pentecostal
Harvest Bible Chapel	Rolling Meadows	IL	James MacDonald James MacDonald (pastor) Dr. James S. MacDonald is the founding and senior pastor of meeting in six locations throughout the greater Chicago, Illinois, area. He is a popular non-denominational teacher and author.-Biography:...	10,988	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Harvest Christian Fellowship Harvest Christian Fellowship Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1979 by Greg Laurie in Riverside, CA. Laurie is currently the senior pastor of thirty years. Harvest is a megachurch with a congregation of 15,000 and growing. The eighth largest church in America and third largest in California, they are currently...	Riverside Riverside, California Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...	CA	Greg Laurie Greg Laurie Greg Laurie serves as the Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California.-Ministry:Laurie, who was born in Long Beach, California, became a Christian under the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist Lonnie Frisbee...	12,000	Pentecostal Evangelist Evangelism Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity....
Heritage Christian Center	Denver	CO	Dennis Leonard	10,000
Hickory Grove Baptist Church Hickory Grove Baptist Church Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a Southern Baptist megachurch pastored by Rev. Clint Pressley. Hickory Grove Baptist Church has three campus locations in the Charlotte area....	Charlotte CHARLOTTE - CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...	NC	Clint Pressley	11,900	Southern Baptist
Highview Baptist Church Highview Baptist Church (Louisville, Kentucky) Highview Baptist Church is a multi-site megachurch based in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and Southern Baptist Convention.The church has multiple campuses located throughout metro Louisville...	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	KY	Kevin Ezell (pastor)	4,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Hillsong New York City	New York	NY	Carl Lentz	3,000+	Australian Christian Churches Australian Christian Churches Australian Christian Churches , also known as Assemblies of God in Australia , is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world...
Hope Presbyterian Church Hope Presbyterian Church The Hope Presbyterian Church is an Evangelical Presbyterian megachurch in Cordova, a district of Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. R. Craig Strickland is the Senior Pastor...	Cordova Cordova, Tennessee Cordova is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Cordova lies on Memphis' northeast side, north of Germantown, and northwest of Collierville....	TN	R. Craig Strickland	7,500	Presbyterian
Hopewell Missionary Baptist	Norcross Norcross, Georgia As of 2010 Norcross had a population of 9,116. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 40.8% white , 19.8% black or African American , 0.7% Native American, 2.1% Asian Indian, 10.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 21.5% from some other race and 4.3% reporting two or more races...	GA	William L. Sheals	16,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Hunter Street Baptist Church Hunter Street Baptist Church Hunter Street Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist megachurch located in Hoover, Alabama a suburb of Birmingham.As of 2007, the church has a membership of approximately 6,200, making it one of the largest churches in the state....	Hoover Hoover, Alabama Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby Counties in north central Alabama, in the United States. The largest suburb of Birmingham, the population of the city was 62,742 as of the 2000 census and 81,619 in the 2010 census. Hoover is part of the Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA and is also included in the...	AL	Buddy Gray	8,200	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Iglesia Cristiana Segadores de Vida Segadores de Vida Segadores de Vida is a Christian church located in Hollywood, FL. It is one of the fastest growing churches in the US. The Pastors of the church are Ruddy and Maria Gracia. The church's weekly services are broadcast on Enlace, MegaTV and Galavision, as well as some local channels...	Hollywood Hollywood, Florida -Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...	FL	Ruddy Gracia	7,069	Nondenominational
Immanuel Bible Church Immanuel Bible Church Immanuel Bible Church is a non-denominational megachurch located in Springfield, Virginia, approximately 2 miles inside of the Capital Beltway at 6911 Braddock Road, approximately 10 miles south of Washington, DC.-History:...	Springfield Springfield, Virginia Springfield is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States and a suburb of Washington, D.C. The Springfield CDP is recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau with a population of 30,484 as of the 2010 census. Homes and businesses in bordering CDPs including North Springfield,...	VA	[Interim]	3,500	Nondenominational
Inspiring Body of Christ Church Inspiring Body of Christ Church The Inspiring Body of Christ Church is a non-denominational megachurch in Dallas, Texas, USA.The pastor is Rickie G. Rush.A survey by Outreach Magazine in 2008 ranked the church 87nd in the USA based on weekly attendance of 7,500....	Dallas	TX	Rickie G. Rush	7,500	Nondenominational
James River Assembly of God James River Assembly of God James River Assembly of Ozark, Missouri, is an Assemblies of God megachurch. In 2009, it reported an average Sunday worship attendance of 8,850, making it the fourth largest Assembly of God church in the United States...	Ozark	MO	John Lindell	10,000	Assembly of God
Kensington Community Church	Troy Troy Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida...	MI	Steve Andrews	10,484
Korean Central Presbyterian Church	Vienna Vienna, Virginia Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 15,687. Significantly more people live in zip codes with the Vienna postal addresses bordered approximately by Interstate 66 on the south, Interstate 495 on the east, Route 7 to...	VA	David Ro	3,000	PCA Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
Lake Pointe Church	Rockwall Rockwall, Texas Rockwall is a city in Rockwall County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. It is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 37,490 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Rockwall County. Rockwall County is the second wealthiest county in the state of Texas in terms...	TX	Steve Stroope	14,133	Southern Baptist
Lakewood Church Lakewood Church Lakewood Church is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Houston, Texas. It is the largest congregation in the United States, averaging more than 43,500 in attendance per week. The 16,800-seat Lakewood Church Central Campus, home to four English language services and two Spanish...	Houston	TX	Joel Osteen Joel Osteen Joel Scott Osteen is an American author, televangelist, and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world.-Biography:...	42,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
Lancaster County Bible Church	Manheim Manheim, Pennsylvania Manheim is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,784 at the 2000 census.-General information:*ZIP code: 17545*Area code: 717*Education: Manheim Central School District and Manheim Central High School-History:...	PA	David N. Ashcraft	7,652
LifeChurch.TV LifeChurch.tv LifeChurch.tv is an American evangelical multi-site church with multiple locations in five states. Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv....	Edmond Edmond, Oklahoma Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma....	OK	Craig Groeschel Craig Groeschel Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a church with fourteen locations in five states. He is married with six children and lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where LifeChurch.tv is based....	39,000	Evangelical Covenant Evangelical Covenant Church The Evangelical Covenant Church is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 800 congregations and an average worship attendance of 179,000 people in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the church is now one of the most...
Little Country Church	Redding Redding, California Redding is a city in far-Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, USA. With a population of 89,861, according to the 2010 Census...	CA	Bryan Blank	2,000	Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is an evangelical association of Christian churches with over one thousand congregations worldwide. Calvary Chapel also maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs. It presents itself as a "fellowship of...
Mariners Church Mariners Church Mariners Church is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian megachurch located in Irvine, California, situated in central Orange County. The church is a member of the Willow Creek Association.-History:...	Irvine Irvine, California Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...	CA	Kenton Beshore	9,000	Non-denominational Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Mars Hill Bible Church Mars Hill Bible Church Mars Hill Bible Church is an American non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Grandville, Michigan. The teaching pastor is Rob Bell.-History:...	Grandville Grandville, Michigan Grandville is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 16,263 at the 2000 census. Grandville is one of the oldest suburbs of Grand Rapids, and was incorporated as a city in 1933....	MI			Non-denominational
Mars Hill Church Mars Hill Church Mars Hill Church is a Reformed Christian megachurch located in Seattle, Washington. Services are offered at multiple locations in the city; the church podcasts content of weekend services, as well as conferences on the Internet with more than 100,000 downloads every week...	Seattle	WA	Mark Driscoll Mark Driscoll Mark A. Driscoll is an American pastor and author. He is the founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, he co-founded the Acts 29 Network and Churches Helping Churches, and has contributed to the "Faith and Values" section of the Seattle Times and the "On Faith"...	7,500	Calvinist/Baptistic
Mason Temple Mason Temple Mason Temple, in Memphis, Tennessee, is the International Sanctuary and central headquarters of the Church of God in Christ, the largest African American Pentecostal group in the world....	Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....	TN			Church of God in Christ Church of God in Christ The Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership. With nearly five million members in the United States and 12,000 congregations, it is the largest Pentecostal church and the fifth largest Christian church in the U.S....
Maranatha Chapel	San Diego	CA	Ray Bentley	7,000
McLean Bible Church McLean Bible Church McLean Bible Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch with multiple locations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Lon Solomon, a Jewish convert to Christianity, has been MBC's senior pastor since 1980. Solomon also serves on the board of directors of Jews for Jesus and...	McLean McLean, Virginia McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census....	VA	Lon Solomon Lon Solomon Lon Solomon is an American non-denominational Christian megachurch evangelist and the Senior Pastor at the McLean Bible Church in McLean, Virginia.- Personal biography :Lon Solomon was born and raised in a Jewish home in Portsmouth, VA....	13,699	Non-denominational, Evangelical
Moody Church Moody Church The Moody Church is a historic Protestant church in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. right|thumb|270px|-Building:...	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	IL	Erwin Lutzer Erwin Lutzer Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer is an evangelical Christian pastor, teacher and author. He is currently the senior pastor of Moody Church, in Chicago, Illinois.- Career :...	6,000	Evangelical
Mount Zion Baptist Church	Nashville	TN	Joseph W. Walker III	13,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Neighborhood Church of Redding	Redding Redding, California Redding is a city in far-Northern California. It is the county seat of Shasta County, California, USA. With a population of 89,861, according to the 2010 Census...	CA	Bill Giovannetti	2,000	Christian and Missionary Alliance Christian and Missionary Alliance The Christian and Missionary Alliance is an evangelical Protestant denomination within Christianity.Founded by Rev. Albert Benjamin Simpson in 1887, the Christian & Missionary Alliance did not start off as a denomination, but rather began as two distinct parachurch organizations: The Christian...
New Birth Missionary Baptist	Lithonia	GA	Eddie L. Long	20,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
New Hope Christian Fellowship New Hope Christian Fellowship New Hope Christian Fellowship, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a chartered church of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Started by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, New Hope has 14,500 attendees weekly with five locations on Oahu and affiliate churches worldwide.- Purpose Statement :New Hope's...	Honolulu	HI	Wayne Cordeiro Wayne Cordeiro Wayne Cordeiro is Founder and Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii.- Biography :Cordeiro was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia...	14,500	Evangelical Pentecostal
New Life Church New Life Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado) New Life Church is a non-denominational charismatic Evangelical Christian megachurch located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. New Life Church has more than 10,000 members and is pastored by Brady Boyd.-History:...	Colorado Springs	CO	Brady Boyd Brady Boyd Brady Boyd is the senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Brady Boyd finished Simsboro High School in 1985 and graduated from Louisiana Tech University in 1989 with a degree in journalism. He has worked as a high school English teacher, basketball coach and sports broadcaster...	8,000	Non-denominational Charismatic Evangelical
New Light Christian Center Church	Houston	TX	Ira V. Hilliard	13,500
Newport Church	Newport Beach Newport Beach, California Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...	CA	Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson is the name of:* Jonathan Wilson , American Psychedelic Folk musician* Jonathan Wilson, former member of the band Eisley* Jonathan Wilson , British sports journalist and author...	5,000+	Non-Denominational
NewSpring Church	Anderson Anderson, South Carolina Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was estimated at 26,242 in 2006, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 70,530...	SC	Perry Noble	10,000	-
North Point Community Church North Point Community Church North Point Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch located in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. North Point currently averages more than 24,000 people in attendance between its 5 campuses each week, making it the largest church in Metro Atlanta and the...	Alpharetta	GA	Andy Stanley Andy Stanley Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization.- Biography :...	24,325	Southern Baptist heritage
Northland, A Church Distributed	Longwood Longwood, Florida Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida, USA. The population was 13,745 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 13,491. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee-Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area....	FL	Joel Hunter Joel Hunter Joel Carl Hunter , is the senior pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed, a congregation of 15,000 that worships at four sites in Central Florida and at more than 1,000 sites worldwide via interactive webcast, iPhone, and Facebook...	8,792
NorthRidge Church	Plymouth Plymouth, Michigan Plymouth is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,132 at the 2010 census. The City of Plymouth is an enclave completely surrounded by Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan.-Geography:...	MI	Brad Powell	14,762	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...  heritage
Northside Christian Church	New Albany New Albany, Indiana New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky. In 1900, 20,628 people lived in New Albany; in 1910, 20,629; in 1920, 22,992; and in 1940, 25,414. The population was 36,372 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of...	IN	George Ross	5,263
Onnuri Church of Los Angeles	Lake View Terrace	CA	Jinso Yoo	3,000	CRC Christian Reformed Church in North America The Christian Reformed Church in North America is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed churches of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was founded by Gijsbert Haan and Dutch immigrants who left the Reformed Church in...
Overlake Christian Church Overlake Christian Church Overlake Christian Church is a non-denominational megachurch in Redmond, Washington. It was once the largest church in the state of Washington.-Mission:...	Redmond Redmond, Washington Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....	WA	Mike Howerton	3,000	Non-denominational Evangelical
Park Cities Presbyterian Church	Dallas	TX	Skip Ryan	2,000	PCA Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
Peachtree Presbyterian Church Peachtree Presbyterian Church Peachtree Presbyterian Church is a megachurch in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The largest congregation of the Presbyterian Church , its membership in 2010 was approximately 9,000.Peachtree began as a Sunday school for children in Atlanta founded in 1910...	Atlanta	GA	Rev. Dr. Vic Pentz	8,989	Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
Phoenix First Assembly of God Phoenix First Assembly of God Phoenix First Assembly of God, or simply Phoenix First, is an Assemblies of God megachurch in Phoenix, Arizona. As of 2009, the church had an average Sunday attendance of 9,600....	Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...	AZ	Tommy Barnett	10,450	Assembly of God
Prestonwood Baptist Church Prestonwood Baptist Church Prestonwood Baptist Church, in Plano, Texas, is one of the largest megachurches in North America and one of America's 50 Most Influential Churches according to a 2007 survey of church leaders...	Plano Plano, Texas Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...	TX	Jack Graham Jack Graham (pastor) Jack Graham is the Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church and the voice of PowerPoint Ministries, the broadcast ministry of Prestonwood. Prestonwood is one of the United States’s largest congregations, with a membership exceeding 28,000....	27,000	Southern Baptist
Real Life Ministries Real Life Ministries Real Life Ministries is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian church in Post Falls, Idaho, situated in Kootenai County, Idaho. The church was planted in 1998 by four families, including now senior pastor and elder, Jim Putman...	Post Falls	ID	Jim Putman	8,400	Non-denominational Evangelical
Redeemer Presbyterian Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church , founded in 1989, is a church located in New York City. Its senior pastor is Timothy J. Keller.-Overview:...	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	NY	Tim Keller	3,000	PCA Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
Redemption World Outreach Center	Greenville Greenville, South Carolina -Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...	SC	Ronald W. Carpenter	9,000
Reid Temple A.M.E. Church Reid Temple A.M.E. Church The Reid Temple A.M.E. Church is an African Methodist Episcopal megachurch located in Glenn Dale, Maryland, USA to the northeast of Washington, DC.In 2008, Outreach Magazine reported that attendance was 7,500, making it the 88th largest church in the USA....	Glenn Dale Glenn Dale, Maryland Glenn Dale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,609 at the 2000 census...	MD	Lee P. Washington	7,500	African Methodist Episcopal
Riverside Baptist Church Riverside Baptist Church The Riverside Baptist Church is a historic church in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 2650 Park Street. Designed by noted architect Addison Mizner and completed in 1926, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1972...	Denver Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	CO	Jim Shaddix	2,500 Sunday attendance	Southern Baptist
Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel	Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...	CO	Brian Michaels	2,000 Sunday attendance	Evangelical Evangelicalism Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
Rock Harbor Church Rock Harbor Church Rock Harbor Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch located in Costa Mesa, California. Primarily focused on the postmodern generation, Rock Harbor has been characterized with many aspects of the Emerging church movement, but the church and its congregation rightly reject...	Costa Mesa Costa Mesa, California Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...	CA		5,000	Non-denominational Evangelical
Rolling Hills Christian Church Rolling Hills Christian Church Rolling Hills Christian Church is a non-denominational, Evangelical Christian megachurch located in El Dorado Hills, CA. It was founded on Easter, 1995 by Jeff Bigelow, who is currently the Senior Pastor...	El Dorado Hills El Dorado Hills, California El Dorado Hills is an unincorporated census-designated place located in El Dorado County, California, east of the state capital of Sacramento. The population was 42,108 at the 2010 census, up from 18,016 at the 2000 census...	CA	Jeff Bigelow	2,200	Non-denominational Evangelical
Saddleback Church Saddleback Church Saddleback Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, situated in southern Orange County, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The church was founded in 1980 by pastor Rick Warren...	Lake Forest Lake Forest, California Lake Forest is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 77,264 at the 2010 census.Lake Forest incorporated as a city on December 20, 1991. Prior to a vote of the residents in that year, the community had formerly been known as El Toro since the 1880s...	CA	Rick Warren Rick Warren Richard Duane "Rick" Warren is an American evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, currently the eighth-largest church in the United States...	22,414	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Sagemont Church	Houston Houston, Texas Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...	TX	John D. Morgan	16,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
St. John Lutheran Church Ellisville, MO	St. Louis Ellisville, Missouri Ellisville is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 9,133 at the 2010 census.In 2009, Money magazine ranked Ellisville #25 on the annual Best Places to Live in America list.- History :...	MO	Stephen Hower, Dion Garrett, Ryan Peterson	6,100	Lutheran
St. John Baptist Church	Grand Prairie	TX	Denny D. Davis	8,200	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
St. Matthews Baptist Church St. Matthews Baptist Church St. Matthews Baptist Church is located in Williamstown, New Jersey, 30 miles from Philadelphia.Established in 1924, it is stated to be a church where Jesus and community development are the main focus. The membership is over 8000, and is growing. The Church is building a state of the art fitness...	Williamstown Williamstown, New Jersey Williamstown, home of brandon ciarlante, is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey...	NJ	Raymond Gordon Sr.	13,035	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
St. Stephen Baptist Church	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	KY	Kevin Cosby	9,000
Salem Baptist Church Salem Baptist Church (Chicago, Illinois) The Salem Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch in Pullman, a neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA.The senior pastor is James Meeks.In a 2010 survey, Outreach Magazine ranked the church 54th largest in the USA based on average weekly attendance of 9,137....	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	IL	James Meeks James Meeks James T. Meeks is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 15th district since 2003. He is also an active Baptist minister in Chicago and chairs the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus...	10,137	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Sa-Rang Community Church	Anaheim	CA	Daniel Kim	8,750	PCA Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
Seacoast Church Seacoast Church Seacoast is a large American interdenominational church located in the suburb of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, near Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It was founded in February, 1988 by Greg Surratt and a team from another large church in the area, Northwood Assembly in North Charleston. Surratt...	Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Mount Pleasant is a large affluent suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is a member of the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area, for statistical purpose only, as designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget....	SC	Greg Surratt	9,232	Interdenominational
Second Baptist Church	Houston	TX	Ed Young	24,500 attendees, 53,000 members	Southern Baptist
Sevier Heights Baptist Church	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	Dr. Hollie Miller	4,450	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Shadow Mountain Community Church Shadow Mountain Community Church Shadow Mountain Community Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention...	El Cajon El Cajon, California -History:El Cajon is located on the Rancho El Cajon Mexican land grant made in 1845 to María Antonia Estudillo, wife of Miguel Pedrorena. In 1876 Amaziah Lord Knox , a New Englander who had recently moved to California, established a hotel there to serve the growing number of people traveling...	CA	David Jeremiah David Jeremiah For the article on the retired U.S. Navy admiral and former Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, see David E. Jeremiah.David P. Jeremiah is a conservative evangelical Christian author, evangelist, and currently the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, an evangelical...	9,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
Shepherd of the Hills Church Shepherd of the Hills Church Shepherd of the Hills Church is a nondenominational megachurch based in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California, USA in the "Southern California Bible Belt".The senior pastor is Dudley Rutherford....	Porter Ranch	CA	Dudley C. Rutherford Dudley C. Rutherford Dudley Rutherford is the senior pastor of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California, USA. This is a nondenominational Christian "megachurch" with 8,000 attendees at its services each week.-Background:...	7,400
Sherwood Baptist Church Sherwood Baptist Church Sherwood Baptist Church is a Baptist megachurch in Whispering Pines, a subdivision of Albany, Georgia, with over 2,000 attendants, however this number places it among the smallest of referenced "megachurches".- History :...	Albany Albany, Georgia Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...	GA		6,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Skyline Church Skyline Church Skyline Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch located in La Mesa, California, a suburb of San Diego, affiliated with the Wesleyan Church denomination. The church currently averages 2,500 in attendance per week.- History :...	La Mesa La Mesa, California La Mesa is a city in San Diego County, California. The population was 57,065 at the 2010 census, up from 54,749 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1869 and officially incorporated as a city on February 16, 1912. Its official flower is the bougainvillea....	CA	Jim Garlow	2,500
Southeast Christian Church	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	KY	Dave Stone	19,230	Christian
Southlake Foursquare Church	West Linn West Linn, Oregon West Linn is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. Now a prosperous southern suburb of Portland, West Linn has a history of early development, prompted by the opportunity to harvest energy from nearby Willamette Falls. It was named after Senator Dr. Lewis Fields Linn of Ste...	OR	Kip Jacob	3,500
Southland Christian Church Southland Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky Southland Christian Church is an evangelical Christian church located in Nicholasville, Kentucky, which is just outside Lexington, Kentucky, United States. The church is located at the corner of U.S. Route 68 and Brannon Road in Jessamine County. It is associated with the Christian churches and...	Lexington Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...	KY	Jon Weece	9,358
Southwest Baptist Church Southwest Baptist Church, Oklahoma City Southwest Baptist Church is an Independent Baptist megachurch in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They use the King James Version of the Bible in all Sunday school classes and from the pulpit. They do not condone contemporary Christian music, but instead use traditional hymns and southern gospel music in...	Oklahoma City Oklahoma city Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...	OK		8,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Spring Creek Church Spring Creek Church Spring Creek Church is a large, non-denominational, evangelical Christian church located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. The church is autonomous and independent of any denominational control...	Pewaukee Pewaukee, Wisconsin Pewaukee is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The population was 11,783 at the 2000 census. The city was incorporated from what was formerly the Town of Pewaukee. The Village of Pewaukee, which was incorporated out of the town before it incorporated as a city, is surrounded by the city...	WI
Stonebriar Community Church Stonebriar Community Church Stonebriar Community Church is a nondenominational evangelical Christian church in Frisco, Texas, a fast-growing suburb north of Dallas, Texas...	Frisco Frisco, Texas Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also...	TX	Chuck Swindoll Chuck Swindoll Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator and radio preacher. He founded Insight for Living, currently headquartered in Plano, Texas, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages...	5,200	Non-denominational Evangelical
Temple Baptist Church	Powell Powell, Tennessee Powell is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The United States Geographic Names System classifies Powell as a populated place. The area is located in the Emory Road corridor, just north of Knoxville, southeast of Clinton, and east of Oak Ridge...	TN	Dr. Clarence Sexton	4,000	Independent Baptist Independent Baptist Independent Baptist churches are Christian churches generally holding to conservative Baptist beliefs. They are characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations or similar bodies. Members of such churches comprised three percent of the United States adult population according...
Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ was founded March 6, 1975 by the late Bishop Gilbert E. Patterson in Memphis, Tennessee. The church's current pastor is Milton Hawkins, nephew of the founder...	Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....	TN	Milton Hawkins		Church of God in Christ Church of God in Christ The Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership. With nearly five million members in the United States and 12,000 congregations, it is the largest Pentecostal church and the fifth largest Christian church in the U.S....
The Chapel (Indiana)	Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...	IN	Rick Hawks	2,300
The Chapel The Chapel (Ohio) The Chapel is a large non-denominational church with campuses in Akron , Wadsworth , and Green, Ohio. Founded in 1934, The Chapel is notable for its size and its location near downtown Akron and adjacent to the University of Akron. The Green Campus is located approximately 12 miles south of Akron,...	Akron Akron, Ohio Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...	OH	Knute Larson, Paul Sartarelli	7,000	Non-denominational
The Church At Pinnacle Hills Church at Pinnacle Hills The Church at Pinnacle Hills is a campus of the First Baptist Church of Springdale, located in Rogers, Arkansas. It is located twenty minutes north of the Springdale campus. This location was launched in 2001 by approximately 350 members of the Springdale campus under the direction of senior pastor...	Rogers Rogers, Arkansas Rogers is a suburban city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 55,964. The city is located in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Area, in the northwest corner of the state.-History:...	AR	Ronnie Floyd Ronnie Floyd Ronnie Wayne Floyd is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Springdale in Springdale, Arkansas, USA and of its second campus the The Church At Pinnacle Hills in Rogers, Arkansas, both "megachurches". On Jan...	16,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
The Church Without Walls	Houston	TX	Ralph D. West	8,250
The Cove Church	Charlotte Mooresville, North Carolina Mooresville is a large suburban town in southern Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. It is in the Metrolina metro area. The population was 32,133 at the 2010 United States Census...	NC	Mike Madding	5,000	Non-Denominational
The Greater Allen Cathedral of NY	Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...	NY	Floyd Flake	7,500
The Living Word Bible Church	Mesa Mesa A mesa or table mountain is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes its name from its characteristic table-top shape....	AZ	C. Thomas Anderson	7,500
The Potter’s House	Dallas	TX	T.D. Jakes	17,000
The Rock Church & Outreach	San Bernardino San Bernardino San Bernardino, California is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California.San Bernardino may also refer to:-Landforms:*San Bernardino , a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...	CA	Jim Cobrae	9,000
The Rock Church The Rock Church The Rock Church is a protestant, evangelical megachurch located in San Diego, California, USA. Miles McPherson, a former NFL player, has served as senior pastor since he founded the church in 2000. With an average weekly attendance of nearly 12,000, the Rock is currently the 19th largest and the...	San Diego	CA	Miles McPherson Miles McPherson Miles McPherson is the pastor of The Rock Church in San Diego, a motivational speaker, and a former NFL football player.-History:...	10,878
Thomas Road Baptist Church Thomas Road Baptist Church Thomas Road Baptist Church is a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. It currently claims 24,000 members and is headed by Jonathan Falwell.-History:Started in 1956 by a group of 35, including Jerry Falwell, Thomas Road now claims over 24,200 members...	Lynchburg Lynchburg, Virginia Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...	VA	Jonathan Falwell Jonathan Falwell Jonathan Pate Falwell is the senior pastor at the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is the son and successor of the late Reverend Jerry Falwell, and the brother of Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr...	24,000	Southern Baptist
Times Square Church Times Square Church Times Square Church is an inter-denominational church located at 237 West 51st Street in the Theatre District of Manhattan, New York City. A large number of people representing many nationalities gather to worship together every week...	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	NY	Carter Conlon	8,000
Triumph Church Triumph Church Triumph Church is a Christian multi-site church located in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was founded in the Fall of 1920 by Reverend Claude Cummings as the Triumph Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr. is currently the Senior Pastor...	Detroit	MI	Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr
Valley Bible Fellowship	Bakersfield	CA	Ron Vietti	10,800
Valley View Church	Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...	KY	Joel Carweile	5,000	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
The Village Church	Highland Village	TX	Matt Chandler	6,000
Victory World Church Victory World Church Victory World Church in Norcross, Georgia, is a multi-ethnic nondenominational megachurch pastored by Dennis Rouse. The church was listed by Outreach Magazine as the 52nd fastest growing church in the United States in 2009...	Norcross Norcross, Georgia As of 2010 Norcross had a population of 9,116. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 40.8% white , 19.8% black or African American , 0.7% Native American, 2.1% Asian Indian, 10.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 21.5% from some other race and 4.3% reporting two or more races...	GA	Dennis Rouse	7,500
Wallace Memorial Baptist Church	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...	TN	Dr. Mike Boyd	4,629	Southern Baptist Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
West Angeles Cathedral West Angeles Cathedral West Angeles Cathedral is the sanctuary of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ, located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The 5,000 seat cathedral is composed of steel, granite and stained glass. The cathedral was dedicated in 1999. Bishop Charles E. Blake...	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	CA	Charles E. Blake Charles E. Blake Bishop Charles Edward Blake Sr. serves as the Presiding Bishop and Chief Apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., a 6 million-member Pentecostal-Holiness denomination. On March 21, 2007, he became the Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., as a result of Presiding Bishop...	20,000
Westwinds Community Church Westwinds Community Church Westwinds Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical Christian megachurch located in Jackson, Michigan, the home of the state’s prison...	Jackson Jackson, Michigan Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U.S. state of Michigan, about west of Ann Arbor and south of Lansing. It is the county seat of Jackson County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534...	MI	David McDonald, John Voelz
Willow Creek Community Church Willow Creek Community Church Willow Creek Community Church is a non-denominational, multi-generational Evangelical Christian megachurch located in the Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois. It was founded on October 12, 1975 by Bill Hybels, who is currently the senior pastor...	South Barrington	IL	Bill Hybels Bill Hybels William Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, one of the most attended churches in North America, with an average attendance of nearly 24,000 as of 2011...	24,000
Without Walls Central Church Without Walls Central Church This campus is now under the leadership of Senior Pastor Paula White.Without Walls Central Church was founded in Auburndale, Florida, in January 2004 under the vision of Bishop Randy White of Without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida. Pastors Scott and Cindy Thomas were set forth as...	Auburndale Auburndale, Florida Auburndale is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,032 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 12,381...	FL	Scott and Cindy Thomas
Wooddale Church Wooddale Church Originally known as "The Wayside Chapel", Wooddale Church is a large evangelical Christian church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The large success of the Wooddale Church led to the formation of many other similar churches in Minnesota...	Eden Prairie Eden Prairie, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 54,901 people, 20,457 households, and 14,579 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 21,026 housing units at an average density of 649.2 per square mile...	MN	Leith Anderson Leith Anderson Leith Anderson is the President of the National Association of Evangelicals. He has served as senior pastor of Wooddale Church, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, since 1977.-Biography:...	5,000	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Woodlands Church	The Woodlands The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The population of the CDP was 55,649 at the 2000 census—a 90 percent increase over its 1990 population. According to the 2010 census, The Woodlands' population rose...	TX	Kerry Shook Kerry Shook Kerry Shook is a best-selling author and Senior Pastor of Fellowship of The Woodlands in The Woodlands, Texas. His followers are known as the FOTWA. Now known as Woodlandschurch with four campuses located in the Woodlands, Tomball, Kingwood, and Katy, Texas...	16,380	Southern Baptist heritage
Woodside Bible Church Woodside Bible Church Woodside Bible Church is a non-denominational megachurch. It is a multi-campus evangelical church in Troy, with satellite campuses in Warren, White Lake, Royal Oak, Lake Orion, and Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 2010, Woodside Bible was listed as the 86th largest church in America, and the 94th...	Troy Troy, Michigan Troy is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, and is a suburb of Detroit. The population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making it the 11th-largest city in Michigan by population, and the largest city in Oakland County...	MI	Douglas Schmidt	6,000
Word of Life Church Word of Life Church Word of Life Church is a non-denominational Christian church located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA. Established by Pastor Brian Zahnd on November 1, 1981, it is now a thriving congregation with numerous outreaches and programs reaching people from all walks of life, around the globe...	Saint Joseph Saint Joseph, Missouri Saint Joseph is the second largest city in northwest Missouri, only second to Kansas City in size, serving as the county seat for Buchanan County. As of the 2010 census, Saint Joseph had a total population of 76,780, making it the eighth largest city in the state. The St...	MO	Brian Zahnd	4,000	Non-denominational Non-denominational Christianity In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...
World Changers Church Int.	College Park College Park, Georgia College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County, Georgia and partially in Clayton County, Georgia, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,942...	GA	Creflo Dollar Jr.	10,000
World Harvest Church World Harvest Church World Harvest Church is an international pentecostal megachurch founded in Columbus, Ohio that is pastored by Rod Parsley.First started in 1977 in Rod Parsley's parent's backyard, the church consisted of 17 people. Two years later Parsley bought property for the church to be built on. 180 people...	Columbus Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...	OH	Rod Parsley Rod Parsley Rodney Lee Parsley is a prominent American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist. He is senior pastor of World Harvest Church, a large Pentecostal church in Columbus, Ohio and founder and president of The Center for Moral Clarity, a right-wing Christian grassroots advocacy...	12,000	Pentecostal Pentecostalism Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...
Young Nak Presbyterian Church	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	CA	Hyong Chun Lim	9,000	KPCA Presbyterian Church of Korea The Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea and currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world...

See also

• List of largest church buildings in the world
• List of the largest churches in Australia