megachurch
noun
mega·church
ˈme-gə-ˌchərch 
plural megachurches
: a church having an extremely large congregation
The megachurch, one of the largest in the region with roughly 5,000 attendees at its Sunday morning Post Falls worship service, is also adding a 25,000-square-foot children's ministry building, which will include a large indoor play structure …—
Nicholas Deshais
Nicholas DeshaisIn little more than a decade, his ministry has grown from a living-room Bible study to a megachurch that draws about 7,600 visitors to seven campuses around Seattle each Sunday …—Molly Worthen
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In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this Sunday, at the Life Center megachurch, hundreds of people filed in for a 9 am service.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Goff was a youth volunteer at Beltway Park Church, a large baptist megachurch in Abilene in north central Texas with two campuses in the city and a congregation of nearly 5,000 people every week.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In the main building, the interior is massive, yet hollow and bland, resembling a megachurch.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Max Lucado, a charismatic evangelical author and San Antonio pastor, and Joakim Lundqvist, a leader of an megachurch in Sweden, will share the responsibilities, the church told its congregations Sunday.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2024
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
Goff was a youth volunteer at Beltway Park Church, a large baptist megachurch in Abilene in north central Texas with two campuses in the city and a congregation of nearly 5,000 people every week.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
In the main building, the interior is massive, yet hollow and bland, resembling a megachurch.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
Max Lucado, a charismatic evangelical author and San Antonio pastor, and Joakim Lundqvist, a leader of an megachurch in Sweden, will share the responsibilities, the church told its congregations Sunday.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2024
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“Megachurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megachurch. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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