Database of Megachurches in the U.S. The database below contains information on all the megachurches we have been able to locate in the United States. We continually make changes this list and welcome suggestions and additions. If you are interested in what a megachurch is, read our megachurch definition or more recent research. You may also want to read the description on how we collected this information. This searchable database below contains the church name, its denominational affiliation (see abbreviation key at the bottom of the page ), the State and nearest large city in which a church resides, the senior minister's name, and an approximate attendance figure. If we know the congregation's website, a link to that site is also included. Scott Thumma began keeping this list in 1992 using numerous sources including denominational reports, a database provided by Thomas Zook, the insights of numerous web visitors, researchers such as John Vaughan, Elmer Towns and many others as well as reporters around the U.S., the Leadership Network and Scott's visits to and research of these large congregations. This list has been on the web since 2000. Scott attempted (assisted by Leadership Network) to update it entirely in 2005 and again in 2010 – but a percentage of the records are out of date since we were unable to get confirmation from some of the churches as to size, denomination, senior leader, etc. We continuously add new churches and make corrections as we find out about changes, but the list is not without errors. On the other hand, it is the best list that is publicly available on the web. If you notice errors or know of additions, please contact us. Please note: We do not focus primarily on numbers and receive many contradictory reports. We depend on what the church or denomination reports their attendance numbers to be.

This listing may not be exhaustive or entirely correct and is continually being developed. It is posted for the specific purpose of sharing the information only.

This list is not for sale . We do not permit anyone to reprint the list in a text or on the web. We do not grant permission for anyone to use it privately, especially if they are going to profit from its use or distribution

. PLEASE do not copy and paste any information from these pages into your website; however, feel free to link to it from your site. ** If you are looking for a listing of megachurches outside of the United States, check out Warren Bird's excellent Global Megachurch Listing. If you are interested in megachurches, you might find this 2007 book interesting. How you can help: If you have some knowledge of these churches, please check this information. If you know of other congregations with a consistent weekly attendance of at least 2000 persons, we'd love to hear about them. If you find any errors in this list or want to suggest an addition, we would greatly appreciate you emailing us at hirr@hartsem.edu and sharing your knowledge. Full List of Megachurches - (single very large file) *may take several minutes to load Sort by Congregation Sort by Denomination Sort by State Sort by Size Megachurches by State (separate smaller files) Select a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Listing of Canadian Megachurches ** If you are looking for a listing of megachurches outside of North America, check out Warren Bird's excellent Global Megachurch Listing. Again, please note: If you know of other congregations with a consistent weekly attendance of at least 2000 persons, we'd love to hear about them. The database is a continual work in progress.

If you find any errors in this list or want to suggest an addition, we would greatly appreciate you emailing us at hirr@hartsem.edu and sharing your knowledge.

We do not focus primarily on numbers and receive many contradictory reports. We depend on what church or denomination reports for attendance numbers.

This listing may not be exhaustive and is continually being developed. It is posted for the specific purpose of sharing the information only.

This list is not for sale . We do not permit anyone to reprint the list in a text or on the web. We do not grant permission for anyone to use it privately, especially if they are going to profit from its use or distribution

. PLEASE do not copy and paste any information from these pages into your website; however, feel free to link to it from your site. Denomination Key ABC - American Baptist

ABC/NBC NBC/ABC - Dually aligned American Baptist and National Baptist

AG - Assemblies of God

AME - African Methodist Episcopal

ANGLICAN - Anglical

ARC - Alliance of Reformed Churches

BGC - Baptist General Conference

BAPT - Baptist (unspecified)

BBF - Bible Baptist Fellowship

BRETHREN - Brethren

CAL - Calvary Churches

CBF - Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

CCCC - Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

Christian - Independent Christian Churches or unspecified

CMA - Christian & Missionary Alliance

CME - Christian Methodist Episcopal

COC - Church of Christ

COG - Church of God, Cleveland

COGA - Church of God, Anderson

COGIC - Church of God in Christ

CONGREG - Congregationalist (unspecified)

CRC - Christian Reformed Church

DOC - Disciples of Christ

EC - Evangelical Covenant

EPIS - Episcopal

EF - Evangelical Free

ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

EPC - Evangelical Presbyterian Church

EVAN - Evangelical

FCA - Fellowship of Christian Assemblies

4SQ - Four Square

GBA - General Baptist Association

HOLINESS - Holiness (unspecified)

ICC - International Church of Christ

IPHC - International Pentecostal Holiness Church

KPCA - Korean Presbyterian Church

LCMS - Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod

LUTH - Lutheran (unspecified)

MCC - Metropolitan Community Church

MISSBAPT - Missionary Baptist

NBC - National Baptist Convention

NAZ - Church of the Nazarene

NONDENOM - Independent, Nondenominational

PAW - Pentecostal Assemblies of the World

PAC - Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada

PCA - Presbyterian Church of America

PCUSA - Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.

PENT - Pentecostal (unspecified)

PNB - Progressive National Baptist

PRESB - Presbyterian (unspecified)

QUAKER - Quaker

RCA - Reformed Church in America

RELSCI - Religious Science

SA - Salvation Army

SDA - Seventh-day Adventist

SBC - Southern Baptist Convention

UMC - United Methodist Church

UCC - United Church of Christ

UPCI - United Pentecostal Church International

UNITY - Unity

UNK - Unknown (unspecified)

UPC - United Pentecostal Church

VINE - Vineyard

WELS - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

WES - Wesleyan [Visit the Hartford Institute page of official

denominational homepages]