List of the largest evangelical megachurches

This list of the largest evangelical megachurches is not exhaustive and contains only evangelical Christian megachurches (theology Anabaptist) related to the following currents: Baptist, Pentecostalism, evangelical charismatic movement, neo-charismatic movement and nondenominational Christianity.

The Church Growth Today is a research center who publishes annually lists of evangelical Christian megachurches in USA and the world.[1][2]

The Leadership Network contains a directory of all evangelical Christian megachurches of the world (excluding Canada and USA), on its.[3][4] This global list has over 270 megachurches. The Hartford Institute has compiled directories in Canada and the USA. The US list has more than 1,668 megachurches[5][6] and the Canadian list 22.[7] We can estimate that there are over 1,960 evangelical megachurches globally in 2014. When a megachurch has more than 10,000 people who gather together, the term Gigachurch is sometimes used.[8][9]

Rank Name Affiliation Current City Country Attendance
1 Yoido Full Gospel Church Assemblies of God Pentecostalism Seoul South Korea 200,000 [10]
2Calvary Temple Church No Nondenominational Christianity Hyderabad India 130,000 [3]
3Deeper Life Bible Church No Nondenominational Christianity Lagos Nigeria 65,000 [3]
4New Life Fellowship Association No Nondenominational Christianity Mumbai India 70,000 [3]
5Victory Every Nation Nondenominational Christianity Manila Philippines 65,000 [3]
6Lakewood Church No Nondenominational Christianity Houston USA 52,000 [1]
7Mision Cristiana Elim Internacional No Pentecostalism San Salvador El Salvador 50,000 [3]
8Faith Tabernacle Living Faith Church Worldwide Neo-charismatic movement Lagos Nigeria 50,000 [3]
9Redeemed Christian Church of God No Neo-charismatic movement Lagos Nigeria 50,000 [3]
10Graha Bethany Nginden Gereja Bethany Indonesia Pentecostalism Surabaya Indonesia 50,000 [3]
11Igreja de Paz No Baptist Santarém Brazil 50,000 [3]
12Yeshu Darbar No Pentecostalism AllahabadIndia 50,000 [3]
13Comunidad Cristiana Agua Viva No Evangelical charismatic movement Lima Peru 42,000 [3]
14New Life Assembly of God Assemblies of God Pentecostalism Chennai India 40 000 [3]
15Word of Hope Church Assemblies of God Pentecostalism Quezon City Philippines 35,000 [3]

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  1. 1 2 Ruth Gledhill, Newspaper christiantoday.com, Church growth: World's largest churches are getting bigger, USA, September 08, 2016
  2. ↑ Dr. John Vaughan, Church Growth Today, About, USA, Retrieved October 30, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Warren Bird, World megachurches, Leadership Network, USA, Retrieved December 3, 2016
  4. ↑ Matt Levin, Newspaper chron.com, Megachurches spread across the world, USA, July 31, 2015
  5. ↑ Hartford Institute Database of megachurches in the US, hartfordinstitute.org's website, USA, Retrieved June 26, 2016
  6. ↑ Rick Noack, Lazaro Gamio, Newspaper washingtonpost.com, How US-style megachurches are Taking Over the World, in 5 maps and charts, USA, 24 July 2015
  7. ↑ Hartford Institute Megachurches of Canada, hartfordinstitute.org's website, USA, Retrieved February 13, 2016
  8. ↑ Alicia Budich, cbsnews.com, From Megachurch to "Gigachurch", USA, April 6, 2012
  9. ↑ Ed Stetzer, Newspaper christianitytoday.com, Megachurch Research - Terminology, USA, October 9, 2008
  10. ↑ Lucky Severson, World’s Biggest Congregation, pbs.org's website, USA, January 27, 2012

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