This is a list of the largest
megachurches in the United States with an attendance of more than 10,000 weekly, sometimes also termed a ''gigachurch''. According to that The Hartford Institute's database, approximately 50 churches had attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000 in 2010.
The same source also lists more than 1,300 such
Protestant and
Evangelical churches in the United States with a weekly attendance of more than 2,000, meeting the definition of a megachurch.
As the term ''megachurch'' in common parlance refers to Protestant congregations; although there are some
Roman Catholic parishes which would meet the criteria, they are not listed.
St Ann's in
Coppell, Texas
Coppell ( ) is a city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Dallas and a bedroom community in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 42,983 at the 2020 census. A small area in the ...
, would be near the top, with almost 30,000 registered parishioners in 2013. St Matthew's Catholic Church in the
Ballantyne neighborhood of
Charlotte, North Carolina likewise has been described as a Catholic
megachurch. with nearly 36,000 registered members in 2017 and 11 weekly masses.
However weekly attendance figures may be lower than the number of registered parishioners, and the differences in way the churches operate and the way attendance is counted are given as reasons for not including Catholic churches in lists of megachurches.
Membership numbers of the following churches 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 A multi-site church is a specific church congregation which holds services at multiple geographical locations, either within a specific metropolitan area or, increasingly, several such areas.
Characteristic
Within the multi-site approach, both the ...
es. Many churches deliver their message through
television or other media, sometimes reaching much higher numbers than those who physically attend the church.
List
Note that the attendance numbers are often provided by the church itself, and may be unreliable.
See also
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List of the largest evangelical megachurches
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List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
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List of largest church buildings in the world
Churches can be measured and compared in several different ways. These include area, volume, length, width, height, or capacity. Several churches individually claim to be "the largest church", which may be due to any one of these criteria.
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Notes
References
{{Religion-related lists of superlative buildings
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