Articles for tag: Megachurch Report

May 7, 2013

By Mark A. Taylor CHRISTIAN STANDARD”s annual megachurch report has taken many forms since it was first introduced in 1997. Since 2008 Kent Fillinger has served us by presiding over the megatask of getting reports from more than 100 megachurches. Our issues have offered more information about this growing group of congregations than any other single source. In 2009 we began reporting numbers from more than just the largest churches in the fellowship of Christian churches and churches of Christ. That year we published statistics from 66 churches whose worship attendance averaged 500″“999 in 2008. In 2010 we expanded the

September 9, 2009

Christian Standard

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By Mark A. Taylor Late last year when Kent Fillinger, Ben Simms, and I were planning our annual megachurch issue, Kent and Ben had a new idea. “Why don”t we do the same research with a group of smaller churches?” I thought that idea sounded interesting, and the result is the issue you”re holding in your hands. As is always true with projects of this kind, getting churches to send us their data is the most difficult part. For this issue, we invited churches in repeated printed and e-mailed announcements. Kent and Ben made several personal contacts. We fell short

January 31, 2007

Christian Standard

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By Mark A. Taylor If you receive our weekly e newsletter, you’ve already seen our annual call for megachurch attendance reports. If you missed that, however, please don’t ignore this notice: If your church’s annual weekend worship attendance averaged 1,000 or more in 2006, we want to hear from you today! We’ve almost finished compiling this year’s list, but it’s not too late for you to be included in this popular feature. If you’re the preacher at a church whose weekend worship average passed the 1,000 mark last year, please tell us today. (Send a note to ch**********@*********ub.com with “megachurch”