Life.Church (pronounced "Life Church", formerly known as LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church, and Life Church) is an American

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multi-site church based in

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, Oklahoma.

Craig Groeschel Craig Groeschel (born December 2, 1967) is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, an American evangelical multi-site church with locations in 12 U.S. states. Early life and education Groeschel grew up in southern Oklahoma, attending Ar ...

is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church. Weekly church attendance was 85,000 people in 2018. The church is known for its

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ministry, which publishes the Bible App.

History

In January 1996, Life.Church was founded as Life Covenant Church in

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with 40 congregants meeting together in a two-car garage. The church membership grew rapidly, and Life.Church built its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus") in 1999. In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church in nearby

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merged with Life.Church, effectively making it a

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. With this merger, they changed their name, combining Life Covenant Church with MetroChurch to arrive at the name "LifeChurch". Following the multi-site services, the church launched campuses in

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and Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2003, with these new campuses incorporating

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video teaching into their services. Life.Church opened an additional campus in Oklahoma City, the South Oklahoma City Campus, in Spring 2005. In February 2006, Life.Church introduced a campus in

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, its first location outside Oklahoma. In April 2006, the church established its "Internet Campus" which broadcasts weekly, interactive worship services live over the internet. On Easter Sunday, 2007, Life.Church began broadcasting from their new campus in the online game

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. Also in 2007, Life.Church opened campuses in northwest Oklahoma City, another in Wellington, Florida in 2012 and in Albany, New York in 2016. In 2012, the church had more than 26,000 members. In 2015, the church had 15 campuses in different American states. In 2018, the church would have 85,000 people and had opened 30

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in different cities.

Beliefs

The Church has an

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and is a member of the

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. Life.Church
Our beliefs
life.church, USA, retrieved August 8, 2020

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History

Beliefs

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