Churches With The Largest Membership Around The World

Considering that Evangelical Christianity plays a large role in the lives of 25.4% of Americans (per Pew Research Center), it would stand to reason that the United States would be home to some megachurches with impressive attendance figures. And as it turns out, that's true.

It bears noting, however, that attendance and membership are different things. Further, estimating attendance is largely a matter of self-reporting mixed with educated guesswork. Still, all things considered, the U.S. has its share of huge churches.

In 2018, CBS News compiled a list of the 30 largest megachurches in the U.S. at the time, and at the bottom of the list is World Changers Church International in College Park, Georgia. With an estimated weekly attendance of 15,000, it's larger than several Georgia cities, per Georgia Demographics. Clocking in at nearly three times that size is the largest megachurch in the U.S. — Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston, with an estimated weekly attendance of 43,000.

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