Megachurches

“As much as I wish folks would listen to the entire message, it really doesn’t diminish the absurdity of what I said.”

The gift is one of the largest ever given to a church in Minnesota. In fact, no larger gift was given to any church in the nation in 2015, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

“The success of your ministry isn’t about size or speed, regardless of those ‘large church lists.’ God isn’t going to judge you based on those things because those are human measurements.” CPost

“Nearly two-thirds (62%) of megachurch attenders are under 45 years old, while only a third are that young in other size churches (35%).” CPost

And other 2013 year-end status updates from Leadership Network

South Korea: “Yoido Full Gospel Church’s David Yonggi Cho is accused of $9 million stock loss and $5.5 billion in tax evasion.”

“Although the media often highlights how irrelevant the Bible seems to modern culture, there is a growing hunger among the next generation to open the Scriptures and see what God’s Word says for themselves”

Researchers Rank Most, Least Megachurch-Oriented Cities in U.S.

“…the landscape is changing and people are seemingly less attracted to the big box churches”

“Senior Pastor Joseph Prince asked God to reward a crowd of about 1,200 with houses, cars, jobs, pay raises and holidays if they contributed to New Creation’s multimillion-dollar funding drive…