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flockwoodOutreach Magazine this week released its annual list of the 100 largest and fastest-growing churches.
The largest — with 43,500 weekly attendance — is Lakewood Church in Houston.
Other megamega churches include:
2. North Point Community Church (in Alpharetta, Ga.) — 24,325
3. Second Baptist Church (Houston) — 24,041
4. Willow Creek Community Church (South Barrington, Ill.) — 24,000
5. Southeast Christian Church (Louisville) — 19,230
The largest Arkansas churches on the list:
82. First Baptist Church of Springdale/The Church at Pinnacle Hills: 6,550
89. New Life Church (Conway): 5,911
No Arkansas churches made the top 100 fastest growing list.
September 16th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Another interesting tidbit:
Almost half (49) of the Largest churches identify themselves as “nondenominational.”
One might have guessed that Texas, with 17, has more of the Largest churches than any other state. But it surprises me that California is a close second, with 16. Having lived in both states I have seen how different the two places are when in comes to organized religion.