April 7, 2011
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.
Articles for tag: Emerging Megachurches
April 6, 2011
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.
April 6, 2011
Counter Culture
Mark A. Taylor reflects on why church growth numbers matter, pointing to attendance, baptisms, and ministry statistics as tools for encouragement, evaluation, and faithful congregational growth.
September 10, 2010
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: Hope on the Road Less Traveled
Twin Oaks Christian Church in Woodhaven, Michigan, has seen rapid growth through baptisms, relocation, perseverance, and a united eldership committed to welcoming people with truth and grace.
September 8, 2010
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A New Name and New Numbers
Kent E. Fillinger reports on 2009 data from large-sized Christian churches, noting slower attendance growth, increased baptisms, younger senior ministers, worship venue trends, multisite ministry, and finances.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: The 2009 List
CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s 2009 megachurch chart lists 114 megachurches and emerging megachurches, including churches with weekly attendance of 1,000 or more.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: Mega See, Mega Do
Kent Fillinger reports how special baptism services at megachurches and emerging megachurches led to thousands of baptisms in 2009 through prayer, clear preaching, planning, and follow-up.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: A Mega Decade
Kent Fillinger reviews a decade of megachurch growth, baptisms, leadership longevity, and sustainability challenges among Christian churches and churches of Christ from 2000 to 2009.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: Fun Facts Gleaned from This Year”s List
Kent Fillinger shares 2009 megachurch growth statistics, including weekend attendance, baptisms, fast-growing congregations, and total income across 114 megachurches and emerging megachurches.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: A Closer Look at the Numbers
Kent Fillinger highlights 2009 megachurch and emerging megachurch attendance averages, fastest-growing churches, new churches crossing key attendance thresholds, and state-by-state reporting trends.
April 11, 2010
Megachurches: A Year in Review
Kent Fillinger reviews 2009 megachurch and emerging megachurch data, highlighting attendance growth, senior minister trends, worship venues, multisite ministry, finances, and staffing pressures.
September 13, 2009
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: The Elephant in the Room
Kent E. Fillinger compares medium-sized churches with megachurches and emerging megachurches, highlighting growth, baptisms, multisite ministry, church planting, giving, debt, and outreach trends.
April 19, 2009
Megachurches: Church Unique
Kent Fillinger highlights survey findings from megachurches and emerging megachurches, urging leaders to pursue unique vision while learning from growth, recession, and baptism trends.
April 19, 2009
Megachurches: By the Numbers
Kent E. Fillinger and Ben Simms report 2008 growth data from megachurches and emerging megachurches, including fastest-growing churches, attendance averages, baptisms, state totals, and overall growth trends.
April 19, 2009
Megachurches: The 2008 List
Christian Standard’s 2008 Megachurches chart lists churches averaging 2,000 or more in weekly attendance, along with emerging megachurches averaging 1,000 to 1,999.
April 9, 2009
MEGACHURCHES: The 2005 List
CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s 2005 megachurch list reports statistics for churches averaging 2,000 or more in weekly attendance and emerging megachurches averaging 1,000 to 1,999.
More Than One Way to Use a Magazine
Mark A. Taylor shares how churches can use CHRISTIAN STANDARD with leaders, elders, and small groups, then previews the upcoming annual megachurch issue.
January 28, 2009
Random Notes, Important Items
Mark A. Taylor shares Christian Standard updates, including an apology, a correction, Great Communion news, a megachurch survey request, and a remembrance of missionary martyr Phyllis Rine.
April 13, 2008
How Healthy Are Our Megachurches? (An Introduction)
Christian Standard’s annual megachurch issue expands its reporting with more analysis, health indicators, and an interview with Kent Fillinger. Learn about the 2007 Megachurch Report: Deluxe Edition and how readers can help identify missing churches.
April 13, 2008
MEGACHURCHES: The 2007 List
Northside Christian Church, Yorktown VA, Larry Jones, 2007 Megachurches, megachurch list, emerging megachurches, weekend worship attendance,
