Thursday, August 03, 2006

America's Fastest Growing Churches


Outreach Magazine has published an annual report on America’s fastest growing churches the past few years and are now known as the provider of the "Top 100 Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America". The data is self-provided and all the reports are provided by Dr. John N. Vaughan, president and founder of Church Growth Today, who specializes in research related to megachurches both domestically and globally.

Click on the link for the entire list but here is a sampling of just the top 10

  1. Lakewood Church (Houston, TX) +12,000
  2. Park Cities Presbyterian (Dallas, TX) +5,108
  3. New Birth Missionary Baptist (Lithonia, GA) +3,500
  4. Salem Baptist (Chicago, IL) +3,366
  5. Without Walls International Church (Tampa, FL) +3,330
  6. Asbury United Methodist (Tulsa, OK) +3,240
  7. St. Luke Community UMC (Dallas, TX) +3,037
  8. Willow Creek Community (Chicago, IL) +2,900
  9. Grove City Church of the Nazarene (Grove City, OH) +2,861
  10. Community Bible Church (San Antonio, TX) +2,858

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