2025 Fast Facts: Worship Attendance, Growth, and Baptisms
These 2025 Fast Facts summarize average worship attendance (in-person and combined with online), attendance growth from 2024 to 2025, baptism totals and ratios, and key leadership and location benchmarks across church sizes. Highlights include overall attendance growth, churches that grew vs. declined, and leading churches by growth rate and baptism ratio.
- Overall total attendance growth from 2024 to 2025 was 7.0% (same as 2024).
- The 380 churches combined baptized 36,706 people, an average of 97 per church.
- 76% of the churches reported online worship attendance numbers.
Average Weekly In-Person-Only Worship Attendance
- Megachurches: 4,703 (46 churches)
- Emerging Megachurches: 1,155 (42 churches)
- Large Churches: 609 (50 churches)
- Medium Churches: 307 (59 churches)
- Small Churches: 141 (90 churches)
- Very Small Churches: 53 (93 churches)
Average Weekly In-Person and Online Combined Worship Attendance
- Megachurches: 6,115
- Emerging Megachurches: 1,442
- Large Churches: 723
- Medium Churches: 352
- Small Churches: 163
- Very Small Churches: 58
76% of the churches reported online worship attendance numbers.
Total Attendance Growth Rates (2024 to 2025)
- Megachurches: 12.6%
- Emerging Megachurches: 10.0%
- Large: 12.5%
- Medium: 7.3%
- Small: 2.3%
- Very Small: 3.6%
- Overall: 7.0% (same as 2024)
Percentage of Churches that Grew vs Declined in Attendance (2024–2025)
- Megachurches: 87% grew; 13% declined
- Emerging Megachurches: 78% grew; 22% declined
- Large: 73% grew; 27% declined
- Medium: 74% grew; 26% declined
- Small: 65% grew; 35% declined
- Very Small: 58% grew; 42% declined
Top Fastest Growing Churches (2024–2025)
Megachurches:
- 41.4%: The Hills Church, Evansville, IN
- 33.8%: Northside Christian Church, New Albany, IN
- 33.8%: Ekklesia Christian Church, Convoy, SC
- 33.8%: Victory Christian Church, Franklin, IN
Emerging Megachurches:
- 117.7%: Venture Christian Church, Katy, TX
- 32%: Southern Hills, the Church at City Station, Carrollton, GA
- 23%: Hill City Church, Boise, ID
Large:
- 68.1%: Real Life Christian Church, Woodstock, GA
- 46%: Christ’s Church—Ft. Wayne, IN
- 43.2%: First Christian Church, Warsaw, IN
Medium:
- 69.2%: Virgie Christian Church, Fair Oaks, IN
- 43.3%: Countryside Christian Church, Pittsburg, KS
- 21.9%: Rising Sun Church of Christ, Rising Sun, IN
Small:
- 40.4%: Redwood Christian Church, Grants Pass, OR
- 39.5%: Catalyst Church, Greensboro, NC
- 31.1%: First Church of Christ, Hicksville, OH
Very Small:
- 67.3%: Central Christian Church, Granite City, IL
- 66.7%: Leitchfield Christian Church, Leitchfield, KY
- 30%: Highmore Church of Christ, Highmore, SD
Total Baptisms
- Megachurches baptized 27,640 people, an average of 601 baptisms per church.
- Emerging Megachurches baptized 3,998 people, an average of 95 baptisms per church.
- Large Churches baptized 2,497 people, an average of 50 baptisms per church.
- Medium Churches baptized 1,347 people, an average of 23 per church.
- Small Churches baptized 867 people, an average of 10 baptisms per church.
- Very Small Churches baptized 357 people, an average of 4 baptisms per church.
- The 380 churches combined baptized 36,706 people, an average of 97 per church.
Baptism Ratios
- Megachurches: 8.6
- Emerging Megachurches: 6.6
- Large: 7.0
- Medium: 6.5
- Small: 5.8
- Very Small: 6.4
- Overall: 6.7
Top Baptism Ratios
Megachurches:
- 27.1: Compass Christian Church, Chandler, AZ
- 16.4: Journey Christian Church, Apopka, FL
- 14.6: Salty Church, Ormond Beach, FL
Emerging Megachurches:
- 22.6: Community Christian Church, Hemet, CA
- 16.2: Creekside Christian Church, St. Johns, FL
- 14.5: Pikes Peak Christian Church, Colorado Springs, CO
Large:
- 23.2: Christ’s Church—Ft. Wayne, Ft. Wayne, IN
- 20.7: Christian Church in the Wildwood, Weeki Wachee, FL
- 19.6: Rise Christian Church, Newark, OH
Medium:
- 13.7: Novesta Church of Christ, Cass City, MI
- 13.7: Orleans Christian Church, Orleans, IN
- 13.5: Legacy Christian Church, Senoia, GA
Small:
- 17.5: Emmaus Church, Burlington, Ontario
- 16.1: Licking Christian Church, Licking, MO
- 15.4: Christian Church of Hebron, IN
Very Small:
- 28: Vevay Church of Christ, Vevay, IN
- 27.8: Community Church of Christ, Surrey, British Columbia
- 26.7: Church of Christ, Newkirk, OK
Bucks Spent Per Baptism
(based on total giving in most recent fiscal year)
- Megachurches: $18,392
- Emerging Megachurches: $28,742
- Large: $26,319
- Medium: $31,422
- Small: $37,269
- Very Small: $34,770
- Overall: $22,073
Lead Minister Age
- Megachurches: 50.2
- Emerging Megachurches: 51.1
- Large: 52.1
- Medium: 55.0
- Small: 53.6
- Very Small: 59.1
- Overall: 54.2
- 33% of the lead ministers were 60 years old or older
- There were 3.5 times as many lead ministers over 60 years old than under 40 years old
Lead Minister Tenure
- Megachurches: 13.4 years
- Emerging Megachurches: 14 years
- Large: 12.6 years
- Medium: 13.3 years
- Small: 10.4 years
- Very Small: 10.5 years
- Overall: 12 years
Average Start Date of Church
- Megachurches: 1962
- Emerging Megachurches: 1960
- Large churches: 1944
- Medium churches: 1945
- Small Churches: 1932
- Very Small Churches: 1928
- Overall: 1941
Church Locations
- An older residential area in the city. (> 50,000 people): 13%
- A downtown or central area of the city (> 50,000): 5%
- A newer suburb around the city (> 50,000): 11%
- An older suburb around the city (> 50,000): 15%
- A city of 10,000 to 49,999, or in an area where a city of that size serves as a hub: 21%
- A small town or rural community (< 10,000): 35%
State by State Locations
39 states represented plus 3 churches from Canada.
- Ohio: 69 churches
- Indiana: 51 churches
- Kentucky: 32 churches
- Illinois: 24 churches
- Missouri: 18 churches
- Florida: 17 churches
- Georgia: 15 churches
- Michigan, Virginia: 13 churches
- North Carolina: 11 churches
- Kansas: 10 churches
- Colorado, Oklahoma, Tennessee: 8 churches
- Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania: 7 churches
- California, Texas: 6 churches
- Arizona, Minnesota: 5 churches
- Iowa, Idaho: 4 churches
- Maryland, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington: 3 churches
- Arizona, Nevada, Ontario, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming: 2 churches
- British Columbia, Massachusetts, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah: 1 church
Author: Christian Standard
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