November 3, 2026
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MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2010 List
A Christian Standard survey listing of 47 medium-sized churches that averaged 250-499 in worship during 2010, including attendance and baptism data.
Restore Community Church
Restore Community Church began with a 2007 NACC vision and grew through outreach, small groups, leadership apprenticeships, multisite ministry, and generosity.
Christmas or Easter?
Kent E. Fillinger compares Easter and Christmas attendance increases, encouraging churches to rethink evangelism strategy and invest more intentionally in Easter planning and guest follow-up.
Hablas Espanol?
Kent E. Fillinger examines Hispanic population growth, non-English worship services, and the need for churches and Christian colleges to prepare more intentionally for cross-cultural ministry.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2010 List
Christian Standard’s 2010 Large-Sized Churches listing features 74 participating churches that averaged 500-999 in weekly worship, with attendance, baptisms, ministers, locations, and websites.
The Church Size Matrix (Part 2)
Kent E. Fillinger continues the Church Size Matrix by examining how a church’s growth changes the minister’s role, leadership structure, staffing needs, and organizational culture.
The Church Size Matrix (Part 1)
Kent E. Fillinger introduces the Church Size Matrix, explaining how churches change in orientation, structure, leadership, staffing, and culture as they grow from small congregations to megachurches.
Making Disciples?
Kent E. Fillinger reports survey findings showing how small group Bible studies, Sunday school classes, and combined discipleship models relate to church growth and baptism ratios.
2|42 Community Church
The 2|42 Community Church planting story follows a Michigan congregation from its Brighton launch to multisite growth, highlighting Dave Dummitt's leadership, strategic partnerships, community outreach, and commitment to…
The Crossing, A Christian Church
The Crossing, A Christian Church in Las Vegas, grew from a third-generation church plant into a rapidly growing megachurch with a renewed commitment to local and global outreach.
Numbers Matter
Edward Sanders reflects on how attendance and offering numbers can offer tangible encouragement for ministry work that often feels difficult to measure.
Megachurches: The 2010 List
CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s 2010 megachurch chart lists more than 100 megachurches and emerging megachurches, including Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky.
God Is Giving the Increase
Kent E. Fillinger reports survey findings from 234 Christian churches and churches of Christ, highlighting attendance growth, baptisms, senior ministers, elders, and worship practices across four church-size categories.
Words Matter
J.K. Jones reflects on Proverbs, the THINK acrostic, and the spiritual power of words to heal, wound, encourage, or divide within Christian community.
A Fitting Memorial
Bob Hostetler reflects on memorials and why Jesus chose Communion, not a monument, as the living act through which Christians remember and proclaim his sacrificial death.
