This is a list of the largest megachurches in the United States with a weekly attendance of more than 10,000, sometimes also termed a gigachurch.[1][2] According to The Hartford Institute's database, approximately 50 churches had attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000 in 2010.[3] The same source also lists more than 1,300 such Protestant and Evangelical churches in the United States with a weekly attendance of more than 2,000, meeting the definition of a megachurch.[4]

As the term megachurch in common parlance refers to Protestant congregations; although there are some Catholic parishes which would meet the criteria, they are not listed.[5] St Ann's in Coppell, Texas, would be near the top, with almost 30,000 registered parishioners in 2013.[6] St Matthew's Catholic Church in the Ballantyne neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina likewise has been described as a Catholic megachurch[7] with nearly 36,000 registered members in 2017 and 11 weekly masses.[8] Weekly attendance figures may be lower than the number of registered parishioners, and the differences in the way the churches operate and the way attendance is counted are given as reasons for not including Catholic churches in lists of megachurches.[3]

Membership numbers of the following churches give only a very rough indication of size. They vary from year to year. Also, some churches report typical Sunday attendance while others report the number who are listed in church records or make financial contributions, which may be higher. Some of the larger churches are multi-site churches. Many churches deliver their message through television or other media, sometimes reaching much higher numbers than those who physically attend the church.

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Note that the attendance numbers are often provided by the church itself.

Church City[a] State Senior pastor(s) Avg. weekly attendance[b] Association Number of sites Other media
Abundant Church El PasoTX Charles Nieman 12,400[3] Non-denominational
Ada Bible Church AdaMI Aaron Buer[9] 8,600[10] Non-denominational 4 Online
Athey Creek Church West Linn OR Brett Meador 8,000 Non-denominational 3 Online
Bayside Community Church BradentonFL Randy and Amy Bezet 12,000[citation needed] Non-denominational 8
Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale Fort LauderdaleFL Doug Sauder 16,000[3] Calvary Chapel 9 Online
Calvary Chapel Golden Springs Diamond BarCA Raul Ries 12,000[3] Calvary Chapel
Calvary Chapel Melbourne West MelbourneFL Dave Folkerts 10,000[3] Calvary Chapel 3 Online
Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia PhiladelphiaPA Joe Focht 12,000[3] Calvary Chapel
Calvary of Albuquerque AlbuquerqueNM Skip Heitzig 16,200[3] Calvary Chapel
Calvary Community Church PhoenixAZ J. Mark Martin 4,000[3] Calvary Chapel 2 Online
Campus Church PensacolaFL Jeff Redlin 5,200[citation needed] Baptist 1
Celebration Church JacksonvilleFL Tim Timberlake 11,100[citation needed] Non-denominational 9 Online
Central Church HendersonNV Jud Wilhite 21,100[3] Christian churches and churches of Christ 9 Online
Christ Fellowship Palm Beach GardensFL Todd & Julie Mullins 25,000[3] Non-denominational 17 Online
Christ's Church of the Valley PeoriaAZ Ashley Wooldridge 56,216[11] Non-denominational 18 Online
Christian Cultural Center New YorkNY A. R. Bernard 32,000[12] Non-denominational 1 Online
Church of Eleven22 JacksonvilleFL Joby P. Martin 19,200[13] Non-denominational 6
Church of the Highlands BirminghamAL Mark Pettus 60,000[3] Non-denominational 27 Online
Church on the Move TulsaOK Whit & Heather George 11,000[citation needed]
Church Unlimited Corpus ChristiTX Bil Cornelius 12,000[citation needed] Non-Denominational 9[14]
City of Refuge GardenaCA Noel Jones 10,000[citation needed] Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Community Bible Church[15] San AntonioTX Ed Newton[16] 12,000[3] Non-denominational At least 2[17] Online
Cross Church SpringdaleAR Nick Floyd 16,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention 5
Crossings Community Church Oklahoma CityOK Marty Grubbs 10,000[citation needed] Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 2 Online
Crossroads Church – Cincinnati[18] CincinnatiOH Brian Tome 35,000[3] Interdenominational 13 Online
Deliverance Evangelistic Church PhiladelphiaPA Glen Spaulding 11,000[citation needed] Non-denominational
Dream City Church[19] PhoenixAZ Tommy Barnett, Luke Barnett 20,000[3] Assemblies of God 5
Eagle Brook Church Lino LakesMN Jason Strand 43,871[20] Baptist 11 Online
Ebenezer AME Church Fort WashingtonMD Grainger Browning, Jr. 10,000[citation needed] African Methodist Episcopal Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church AtlantaGA Raphael Warnock 6,000 [21] Progressive National Baptist Convention and American Baptist Churches USA
El Rey Jesús (King Jesus International Ministry) MiamiFL Guillermo Maldonado 12,500[citation needed] Non-denominational/Pentecostal
Elevation Church CharlotteNC Steven Furtick 26,000[22] Non-denominational 21[22]
Empowerment Temple BaltimoreMD Pastor GJ Barnes 10,000[23] African Methodist Episcopal Church
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church PhiladelphiaPA Alyn E. Waller 15,000[citation needed] Baptist >1
EPIC Church International SayrevilleNJ John J. Wagner 10,100[3] Non-denominational
Faith Landmarks Ministries RichmondVA Randy Gilbert 10,000[citation needed]
Faith Promise Church Knoxville TN Zac Stephens 10,000 Non-demoninational Online
Family Christian Center MunsterIN Steve Munsey 14,000[3] Non-denominational
Fellowship Church GrapevineTX Ed Young, Jr. 24,200[3] Southern Baptist Convention 9 Online
First African Methodist Episcopal Church Los AngelesCA J. Edgar Boyd 10,000[citation needed] African Methodist Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church of Glenarden Upper MarlboroMD Pastor John K. Jenkins 12,000[3] Converge (United States) 2 Online
First Baptist Church of Hammond HammondIN John Wilkerson 10,000[3] Baptist
First Baptist Church Orlando OrlandoFL David Uth 16,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention
Flatirons Community Church LafayetteCO Jim Burgen 15,495[24] Non-denominational evangelical 6 Online
Fountain of Praise HoustonTX Remus Wright 11,800[citation needed]
Free Chapel GainesvilleGA Jentezen Franklin 25,000[25] Non-denominational 7[26] Online,
TV
Franklin Avenue Baptist Church New OrleansLA Fred Luter 6,000 [27] Southern Baptist Convention
Friendship-West Baptist Church DallasTX Frederick Haynes III 12,000[28] Progressive National Baptist Convention
Gateway Church SouthlakeTX Daniel Floyd 25,800[29] Non-denominational Charismatic 10 Online,
Prison campuses
Germantown Baptist Church[30] GermantownTN Tommy Vinson, Interim Preacher 12,000 Southern Baptist Convention
Greater Allen A. M. E. Cathedral of New York[31] New YorkNY Floyd Flake 20,000[citation needed] African Methodist Episcopal Church
Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist New OrleansLA Paul Morton 10,000[3] Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship
Green Acres Baptist Church TylerTX David Dykes 14,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention >1
Harvest Christian Fellowship RiversideCA Greg Laurie 15,000[3] Calvary Chapel 6
Healing Place Church Baton RougeLA Mike Haman 12,000[citation needed] Non-denominational 13
Hickory Grove Baptist Church CharlotteNC Clint Pressley 11,900[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention 3
Hope City Church HoustonTX Daniel and Jackie Groves 12,000[citation needed] Non-denominational 4
Hope Community Church RaleighNC Jason Gore 15,000[citation needed] Non-denominational 4
Inspiring Body of Christ Church (IBOC) DallasTX Rickie Rush 15,000[32][33] Non-denominational 1 Online
James River Church SpringfieldMO John Lindell 17,000[citation needed] Assemblies of God 4 Online
Kensington Church TroyMI Brian Mowrey 11,000[3] Non-denominational 7[34]
King's Cathedral and Chapels Kahului HI James Marocco & Colleen Marocco 30,000[citation needed] Assemblies of God 360[35]
Lakepointe Church RockwallTX Josh Howerton 20,000[36][3] Southern Baptist Convention 6 Online
Lakewood Church HoustonTX Joel Osteen 45,000[37] Non-denominational
Legacy Church AlbuquerqueNM Steve Smotherman 10,100[3] Non-denominational
LibertyLive.church HamptonVA Dr. Grant Ethridge 10,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention 7 Online
LCBC ManheimPA Jason Mitchell 19,000[3] Non-denominational 19 Online
Life.Church EdmondOK Craig Groeschel 85,000[38] Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) 42 Online
Living Word Christian Center ChicagoIL Bill Winston 18,000[citation needed] Non-denominational
Lutheran Church of Hope West Des MoinesIA Mike Housholder 10,000[3] Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ[39][40]
Mariners Church IrvineCA Eric Geiger 12,200[3] Non-denominational Evangelical 5[c] Online
Mars Hill Bible Church Grandville MI Ashlee Eiland and Troy Hatfield 12,000[3] Non-denominational
McLean Bible Church McLeanVA David Platt 16,500[24] Non-denominational
Milestone Church Keller TX Jeff Little 8,000 Non-denominational 4 Online
Mt. Ennon Baptist Church Clinton, MarylandMD Delman Coates 8,000[41] National Baptist Convention, USA
Mount Zion Baptist Church NashvilleTN Joseph W. Walker III 21,000[3] Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church StonecrestGA Jamal H. Bryant 10,000

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Baptist
New Hope Christian Fellowship HonoluluHI Wayne Cordeiro 14,500[citation needed] Foursquare Church >100 Online
New Life Church ConwayAR Rick & Michelle Bezet 18,000[43] Non-denominational 17
New Life Church Colorado Springs CO Daniel Grothe 15,000 at main campus[44] Non-denominational 8 Online
TV
New Life Covenant Church ChicagoIL John F. Hannah 10,000[3] Non-denominational 3
New Light Christian Center Church HoustonTX Ira V. Hilliard 13,500[3] Non-denominational
NewSpring Church AndersonSC Brad Cooper, Shane Duffey, Michael Mulliken, Tyler Tatum, David Hall 20,500[45][46] Baptist[47] 20 Online
North Coast Church[48] VistaCA Larry Osborne, Chris Brown 10,000[citation needed] Evangelical Free Church of America 5
North Point Community Church AlpharettaGA Andy Stanley 50,000[49] Non-denominational 8 (in Atlanta)
>150 partner churches (globally)[49]
One Community Church PlanoTX Conway Edwards 10,000[citation needed] Non-denominational 4 Online
Pinelake Church[50] FlowoodMS Chip Henderson 11,472[51] Southern Baptist Convention 5 Online
Potential Church[52] Fort LauderdaleFL Troy Gramling 12,000[3] Southern Baptist Convention 7
The Potter's House DallasTX T. D. Jakes 16,140[24] Non-denominational 3
Prestonwood Baptist Church PlanoTX Jack Graham 17,000[3] Southern Baptist Convention 2[d] Online
Redemption Church[53] San JoseCA Ron Carpenter 11,000[3]
Relentless Church[54] GreenvilleSC John Gray 14,000[citation needed] International Pentecostal Holiness Church
River Church[55] AnaheimCA Dante Gebel 10,000[citation needed] Assemblies of God
The Rock Church & World Outreach Center[56] San BernardinoCA Dan Roth 14,550[24] Non-denominational
Rock Church San DiegoCA Miles McPherson 12,900[citation needed] Non-denominational 4 Online
Saddleback Church[57] Lake ForestCA Andy Wood 28,000[3] Baptist 14 + 4 international Online
Sagebrush Church[58] AlbuquerqueNM Todd Cook 14,000[59] Non-denominational 9 Online
Sagemont Church HoustonTX Dr. Levi Skipper 17,700[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention
Scottsdale Bible Church ScottsdaleAZ Jamie Rasmussen 10,000[60] Non-Denominational 3 Online
St. Matthews Baptist Church WilliamstownNJ Raymond Gordon Sr. 13,000[citation needed] Baptist
Salem Baptist Church ChicagoIL James Meeks 17,000 members. [61] Baptist
Sandals Church RiversideCA Matt Brown 15,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention 8
Sarang Community Church of Southern California AnaheimCA Chang Soo Ro 11,000[62] Presbyterian Church in America
Seacoast Church Mount PleasantSC Josh Surratt 14,000[63] Non-denominational 13 Online
Second Baptist Church Houston HoustonTX Ben Young 23,700[64] Southern Baptist Convention 6 Online
Southeast Christian Church Middletown[e]KY Kyle Idleman 25,940[65] Christian churches and churches of Christ 11 + 1 in development Online
Southland Christian Church Nicholasville[f]KY Jon Weece 12,500[3] Christian churches and churches of Christ 5 Online
Substance Church[66] Minneapolis MN Peter and Carolyn Haas 12,000[citation needed] Non-Denominational (ARC)
Thomas Road Baptist Church LynchburgVA Jonathan Falwell 24,000[citation needed] Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist Bible Fellowship International
Triumph Church[67] DetroitMI Solomon W. Kinloch, Jr 14,000[3] Non-denominational 4
12Stone Church LawrencevilleGA Kevin Myers 17,200[citation needed] Wesleyan Church 8 Online
Valley Bible Fellowship BakersfieldCA Ron Vietti 10,300[citation needed]
Victory Church[68] NorcrossGA Johnson and Summer Bowie 10,200 Non-denominational[69] 4 Online
West Angeles Cathedral Los AngelesCA Charles E. Blake 24,000[70] Church of God in Christ
Willow Creek Community Church South BarringtonIL Dave Dummitt 18,000[71] Non-denominational 7
Woodlands Church The WoodlandsTX Kerry Shook 18,400[3] Southern Baptist Convention
Woodside Bible Church[72]TroyMIChris Brooks 10,500[citation needed] Baptist heritage 14
World Changers Church Int. College ParkGA Creflo and Taffi Dollar 15,000[3] Pentecostal, Word of Faith
World Overcomers Christian Church DurhamNC Andy Thompson 15,000[3] Non-denominational 4
World Harvest Church ColumbusOH Rod Parsley 13,000[citation needed] Pentecostal
World Outreach Church MurfreesboroTN Allen Jackson 15,000[73] Non-denominational

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Notes

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  1. The "City" column indicates where each listed church has its main location.
  2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest hundred.
  3. Including 2 campus plants.
  4. Prestonwood also operates two Spanish congregations, one at its main campus in Plano and the other at its Prosper campus.
  5. Although Southeast Christian has a Louisville mailing address, its main worship complex is within the city limits of Middletown. The governments of Louisville and surrounding Jefferson County merged in 2003, but Middletown and the 82 other cities (apart from Louisville) in Jefferson County retained separate city limits and some governmental powers.
  6. Although Southland Christian is historically associated with Lexington, it moved to an unincorporated area of Jessamine County, about a half-mile (800 m) from the Lexington boundary, in 1981. The church long maintained a Lexington mailing address, but now has a Nicholasville mailing address. Southland opened a new satellite campus in Lexington in 2013.

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