Top 100 Largest, Fastest-Growing Churches

kammer13

Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:20 pm : 1 : 0 Flag

ok TRUTHSEEKER - Here's one of your statements: "You see, these churches are not the true church. Now I don't dispute that one or two might be saved who attend these churches, but quite clearly, according to the words of Jesus not all of them are saved. Not even the pastors!"

just today, as a member of one of the churches you are calling out for having no one saved, just at one of our 16 campuses - we had over 300 saved THIS MONTH ALONE! maybe you should actually check out one of these churches...most of them, you can listen to their sermons online or download them on the internet. maybe you should try that before saying that no truth is being spoken. my church (and others on the list that i listen to regularly) is very doctrinally correct. try reading the bible once in a while, instead of just quoting it.

sbhatch

Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:53 pm : 3 : 4 Flag

I am starting to question my faith....
My nature is to help people often to my own expense.
My Bank Westpac Sydney Australia has decided to take my home unless I come up with $60,000 my a/c name Sean Bradley Hatch bsb 73200 ac no. 585356. I have been paying for years and renting our rooms to disadvantaged people.

I recently had some set backs of my own and now have become a person in need.

I have recently faced the following:

My wife left me for a voilent criminal and took both my
children interstate;

I have just been reunited with my children and my employer terminated my employement because I needed too much time with my children;

I now have a new wife and newborn chld and no income and a bank taking everything including housing for my tenants.

No one wants to do anything to help, this will take a miracle or a special prayer to get through.

truthteller

Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:19 am : 1 : 8 Flag

why is it that ppl can b so religious?! christianity is about a relationship with god not about some religious ppl that r pissed because they attend dead chuches, LISTEN UP. big churches do not equal bad. Little churches that don't grow in 10 years DO equal BAD. How can u have so little faith that u think that the word of god cannot be preached to thousands in a SINGLE church. God has called us to preach the word to NATIONS, not just hundred people, read timothy 2:4, it is time to stop being lazy and become what god has called us to be; Leaders of Nations. Jesus preached to 5000 people at the same time, he also said that those who believed in him would do things like or even greater than what he did (don't believe me? look it up!) It seems to me that the false christians r the ones that seems to be stuck as a little church for the past 10 years.

smbga

Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:54 am : 3 : 0 Flag

It's all about lookin good with the 'crowd'. I am a believer. However, if the church where I visit does not cast out devils on a regular basis AS JESUS DID: and HEAL AS JESUS DID, then why would I want to be a part of it? The church is nothing but entertainment. Nobody is foolin God.

cdr

Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:59 am : 4 : 2 Flag

faithful believers follow the laws of god. continue to study the bible gospel. the lord spoke in synagogues and in the fields, to the rich and to the poor. try to walk in those steps following the lord. without judgement-think what would jesus do!

Encourage&Edify

Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:51 pm : 9 : 3 Flag

Judge not, that ye be judged. Matthew 7:1 KJV
Humble youselves under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. 1 Peter 5:6

Men and women are scared of things that are not understood in the first place. We as christians loose sight of gods purpose with our own. Teach by example not by force. Knowing gods word is one thing, living it is another. May god bless you all.

illuminated

Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:25 pm : 15 : 15 Flag

I can see how some may see the giga and mega churches as a bad thing or unholy, however I dont agree with those people. I believe in God and Jesus and Mary... I choose to communicate faithfully and directly to God. I do not "belong" to any specific church, yet this doesnt mean I dont do good, this does not mean I do not tithe, I choose to give money and earnings to needy people instead of to a conglomerate church, I am still giving to those in need and in helping those people I become God's Angel on earth. (Angel means messenger of God) I gave that person money for food or drink and a little bit of hope that it may be a good day. I do not consider myself Catholic, Baptist, Methodist nor any other denomination. I chose to believe in God as my Father and Jesus as my Savior and God's Son... I applaud those who do have the dedication to get up early on any given day to come together in common belief and pray to God, be it through Jesus or Mary or directly... However you want to worship should be accepted as God would have wanted us to do. God sent Jesus to cleanse and teach the world. God loves all the people of the world equally, we are all his children. Belief is up to the individual and how that individual interprets the Bible. Ask yourself would God want you to bicker about the "right way" to worship? NO! I do not and could never speak for God, but I believe he wants us to be kind, patient, accepting, giving and loving people. Jesus accepted all people as the son of God. He saved ALL people even the ones that hated him out of fear. Honestly I only want equal respect for all people because everyone is different and special and unique, just the way God intended in his perfect will, that being said all people will worship the same God in unique and individual ways. Let them.

Pastordave

Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:36 am : 18 : 4 Flag

The feeding of the 5,000, how about Acts 2. I would say that mega churches are in fact Biblical. I love it. Having a small church (which I am from) does not mean that a church is a correct or biblical church. Having a large church does not guarantee any special Holy Spirit filling either. Churches should be judged on an individual basis. I agree with what my preacher preaches from the Bible. The day that I disagree, I will simply find a new church.

Biblical principle: The Pastor is the judge of the church. Hebrews 13:7 There are far to many people going to hell for me to brow beat a man of God, wrong or not. I figure those are his britches, and that is is his pulpit. If he wants to split his britches in his pulpit, that's his business. If I don't like it, I'll Go do it the right way somewhere else.

For all practical puposes, Richard Simons can drag out a small crown just as 'KIS' can drag out a large crowd, and they are both as wicked as the day is long.

Idea: Stop fighting. Lift up Jesus. Pray. Read your Bible. Go to church. Love people. Amen? Amen.

P.S. I find that my nose works best in my business.

truthseeker

Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:41 am : 13 : 36 Flag

The word "CHURCH" means "called out ones", it is not somewhere you go to say that you believe in Jesus. Called out of what? called out of sin! called out of the world and the way the world thinks and operates. Called out from our own ways of thinking and taking on the way of walking like our master Jesus.
If it means called out ones! how can you have a "mega called out one"?
The way you people think and speak is the total opposite to what Jesus Himself said,This is because you do not know the words of Jesus, nor want to.

Many are called few are chosen. Only a few are going to be saved. There is no such thing as a mega church. Just a mega lot of tithes and a mega lot of unscripturality. Theres a mega lot of lying going on if you believe these churches are called out from the world. They look like the world, practice and lust for the same things the world desires; all except one thing, they use the name of Jesus and in doing so are deceiving masses of people.
Jesus said that wherever two or three are gathered He is in the midst and I believe His words not yours.
You have received the strong delusion of 2 Thessalonian v 3 and are believing a lie. These places are new age, Luciferian worshiping and do not promote the truth of the words of Jesus. They promote positive thinking, not repenting with tears and crying out to God for forgiveness. They promote feeling good about yourselves, instead of denying yourselves.
They promote gain and say it is Godliness! what foolishness!

Repent and cry out to God!

you have learnt the way of the heathen and are far from God. He is not in these places you call mega church. These people are not His people. These churches are not His church. They promote lies, and teach fables; stories to tickle your ears.
They are run by free masons/Illuminati Jesuits, who are leading you all back to mama, the Church of Rome.

The blind leading the blind.

Jesus is coming soon,Maranatha.

riclapaz

Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:02 pm : 13 : 5 Flag

My problem lies when we placed so much emphasis on infrastructure. As if the church depended on it. 'Think outside the bun', so to speak. There is more to Christianity than padded seats and airconditioned santuary. 'In the field ripe for harvest' is where Christ wants us to be. Outside our .comfort zone'. To a homeless person, size is not important. Faithfulness is.

Romans 12

Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:15 pm : 29 : 4 Flag

Nothing wrong with big churches, I personally have been a member of one of the churches listed, it was ok, I attend a smaller church now because I prefer a personal touch from the pastor and want a mentor/discipling relationship, which I didn't find much of at my previous church. I like what I heard one Pastor say, (and he is not against big churches) grow big PEOPLE, not big churches. A good church in my opinion is one that people are getting saved and moving toward maturity in Christ

truthseeker

Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:52 am : 46 : 39 Flag

Wow, I've been flagged 4 times and look, I've used the very words Jesus used. He did say these words and just like back then you religiously inclined scribes and pharisees don't like HIS words. I didn't give you my opinion on this article only the words of Jesus.
More words of Jesus, He said that the time would come when they ( the church) would not endure sound teaching.
Did you hear that word endure?

It's the same word "endure" that Jesus had to "endure" on the cross.

My point is that Jesus said it takes endurance to hear and practice the words of God.

You see, these churches are not the true church. Now I don't dispute that one or two might be saved who attend these churches, but quite clearly, according to the words of Jesus not all of them are saved. Not even the pastors!
But God is bringing His true church out from within these apostate churches, (they are the remnant, washed in blood and tested as with fire.)

These people think they are saved and convinced by the false teachers that they are saved, but according to 2Thessolonians 2v11 they have had a strong delusion poured out on them by God himself. They are the ones believing Gods lie.
The mass majority of so called believers in the last days have no love for the truth, they love fables and lies, but preach the truth and they don't like it.
Jesus came to save the sinner from his sin, not give him a car or a job. Jesus said to forsake "all" not desire the things of this world and live second rate worldly lives.
Be in the world but not part of it.
Jesus said, and I quote; "love NOT the world nor the things of the world"

Yes I hear you say" but we don't like those words"
Oh well, Jesus is coming soon and you lot can explain to Him which words of HIS you didn't like and didn't want to do!
These mega churches do not promote holiness nor repentance, they promote self and obtaining the things of this world. They promote corporate bodies rather than living singular stones. They are truly not preaching the gospel of the true living Jesus;no they promote another Jesus.
In the words of Jesus, in answer to His disciples question of will MANY be saved,Jesus answered and said;

"strive to enter in at the straight gate, for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able"

Many are called FEW are chosen.
Maranatha.

truthseeker

Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:55 am : 25 : 22 Flag

In the words of Jesus.....many will say that I am Christ and in doing so deceive many.

In answer to His disciples question of will there be many saved... Jesus said!

No only a few will be saved.

Then Jesus said "and many will say, but Lord , Lord, did we not do many mighty things in YOUR name like, casting out demons, healing and doing mighty miracles in your name, open up mega churches in your name....
And Jesus said, Get thee from me for I know you not, you who practice iniquity"

Many are called FEW are chosen. Jesus is only going to save the few... and He knows who they are... they are HIS sheep and know HIS voice.

CD956

Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:58 pm : 16 : 6 Flag

God is the same God! He is faithful over all of His churches, regardless of denonanation.
We need to examine ourselves to see if we're where God wants us to be, then regardless of where other people are, we need to love and encourage them. God always loves us, that's why love never fails, God's always in it

309636

Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:31 pm : 4 : 5 Flag

G-12 is very much familiar to me. Our church experienced a lot of problems due to these heresies and apostate teaching introduced by the Castellanos.

churchrelevance

Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:28 am : 7 : 2 Flag

Unfortunately, Outreach magazine published the wrong rankings for the Fastest-Growing U.S. Churches list.

Read more here:
http://churchrelevance.com/breaking-news-outreach-magazine-publishes-the-wrong-list

RBB

Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:11 am : 11 : 5 Flag

Ellexis - No there is nothing inherently wrong with a big church. The problem comes when churches use worldly means such as dumbing down, abandoning, or preaching a misleading gospel simply to get people to come to a church and build up the numbers.

You say that if a church is growing we have to ask why. Well in some cases it's because the Holy Spirit is working there, Praise God. In other cases it's because the church has ceased to be a church and has turned into a kind of spiritual Disneyland. A place where you can go from "world to world" like at an amusement park and choose the kind of entertainment (worship service) you prefer that morning, grab your snack and sit and watch the show. The gospel as presented in the scripture carefully edited so as not to upset or annoy, or make people uncomfortable so they don't want to come back.

The alternative is a church where the gospel is taught as it is presented in scripture. God bringing those He has chosen together to worship Him and to hear the Word of Life. People actually being saved in stead of entertained.

Christ is indeed the key and cornerstone, but unity just for the sake of unity, without care of what we are unifying with, is both dangerous and unbiblical.

richierich2001

Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:25 pm : 12 : 4 Flag

Lot of judgmental people out there. Hmmm. I only recognize two of the churches, and have heard of three or four of the preachers. We need to be true to Scripture, and "feel-good-ism" is bad, but give credit where credit is due. Praise the Lord, and attend church this Sunday!!!!

Ellexis

Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:38 am : 9 : 7 Flag

There is nothing wrong with a church being big, whether it is a megachurch or gigachurch, or whatever you want to call it. Growth of a church is normal. But what never ceases to amaze me is how people are so quick to throw their stones of difference at those churches whose attendance are big. If your church is growing, you need to ask yourself one simple question... "why?" It's part of the great commission folks. As far as feel good gospel, I don't see that among the list noted. Positive? yes. And so it should be. The gospel is very positive. Consider the alternative. And did anyone ever consider that those who have accepted Christ as their personal savior is headed for a great big gathering in heaven with Him? Christ is the key (the cornerstone) and unity is essential for growth.

stormy0358

Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:13 am : 6 : 7 Flag

Sorry, I flaged myself out - didn't know what that meant ! ! !
Has anyone done any research to notice that these megachurches may be following the philosophy of G-12? If you've never heard of it, look it up. They have huge churches, quantity is all that counts, not quality of christian life(salvation).

stormy0358

Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:08 am : 5 : 0 Flag

Has anyone reseached to notice if these are churches that follow the philosophy of G-12?

zenodaddy

Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:53 am : 14 : 5 Flag

If you notice, a lot of these churches teach the 'feel good' gospel... do whatever you want, riches await you, no pain for you...

'For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.' 2 Tim 4:3-4 (NASB95)'

gig

Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:20 pm : 10 : 6 Flag

CORPORATE AMERICA. NO DISCERNMENT. EMOTIONALISM. HYPERSPIRITUALISM.
LIKE JONAH, THESE PEOPLE THINK THE LOVE OF GOD WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT! HYPOCRITES! GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED.. THIS WON'T LAST FOREVER. $$$$$ $$$$$$$ $$$$$$$

gig

Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:14 pm : 1 : 4 Flag

God reveals His leaders are being destroyed because of mindsets!
DEMONSTRATION OF GOD'S COVENANT: WHAT WE ARE TO WALK IN TODAY:
http://takehisheart.com/Covenant%20Protection/hed1.html

RBB

Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:40 pm : 5 : 1 Flag

Amen! As usual you can't top Spurgeon.

akonda

Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:24 pm : 19 : 3 Flag

"It is a serious injury to a person to receive him into the number of the faithful unless there is good reason to believe that he is really regenerate. I am sure it is so, for I speak after careful observation. Some of the most glaring sinners known to me were once members of a church; and were, as I believe, led to make a profession by undue pressure, well-meant but ill-judged. Do not, therefore, consider that soul-winning is or can be secured by the multiplication of baptisms, and the swelling of the size of your church. What mean these despatches from the battle-field? "Last night, fourteen souls were under conviction, fifteen were justified, and eight received full sanctification." I am weary of this public bragging, this counting of unhatched chickens, this exhibition of doubtful spoils. Lay aside such numberings of the people, such idle pretence of certifying in half a minute that which will need the testing of a lifetime. Hope for the best, but in your highest excitements be reasonable. Enquiry-rooms are all very well; but if they lead to idle boastings, they will grieve the Holy Spirit, and work abounding evil" - Spurgeon from what is it to win a soul, chapter 1