Compare the top ten mega churches for 2003 and 2006. The changes are phenomenal. Several churches took major hits in their attendance.
2003
Lakewood Church (Oasis of Love) Houston 25,000
World Changers College Park, GA 23,000
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, CA 20,000
Potters House Dallas 18,500
Second Baptist Houston 18,500
Willow Creek South Burlington, ILL, 17,000
S.E. Christian Louisville, 16,500 Southeast Christian Church (independent Christian) Lousiville, KY has over 15,000 in a 9,400 seat, state of the art, worship center with multiple screens, and costing more than $95 million
Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale, 15,900
Los Angeles CC 15,160
First Assembly Phoenix 15,091
2006
Lakewood Church, Houston 45,000
Without Walls International, Tampa, 23,900
Second Baptist, Houston, 22,266
New Birth Missionary Baptist, Lithonia, GA. 22,000
Willow Creek Community, S. Barrington, 21,500
Saddleback, Lake Forest, CA, 20.595
Southeast Christian, Louisville, 18,520
Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, 18,300
Fellowship, Grapevine, 18,124
Apostolic Church of God, Chicago,18,000
Several of these top mega churches have taken large hits in attendance. For example: Potters House dropped from 18,500 to 14,000. World Changes dropped from 23,000 to 15,000. Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa dropped from 20,000 to 8,000. Los Angeles fell completely out of the top 100 churches.
So the next time you think you can’t do much because you are a small church, keep in mind that some of these churches lost over 10,000 people in three years!
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Compare the top ten mega churches for 2003 and 2006. The changes are phenomenal. Several churches took major hits in their attendance.
2003
2006
Several of these top mega churches have taken large hits in attendance. For example: Potters House dropped from 18,500 to 14,000. World Changes dropped from 23,000 to 15,000. Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa dropped from 20,000 to 8,000. Los Angeles fell completely out of the top 100 churches.
So the next time you think you can’t do much because you are a small church, keep in mind that some of these churches lost over 10,000 people in three years!
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