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A New Decade of Megachurches: 2011 Profile of Large Attendance Churches in the United States

By by Warren Bird and Scott Thumma published on November 21, 2011

The latest national survey of megachurches from Leadership Network and Hartford Institute for Religion Research reveals interesting dynamics related to growth, vitality and leadership. This fourth survey in a decade shows that megachurches remain one of the most robust religious organizational expressions within North America. This present report describes the overall results of the 2011 study of 336 megachurches (out of 1,611 or a 21% response rate).


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#3. Posted by Dr. John Jorgenson on November 22, 2011

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#4. Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on November 22, 2011

The article states
“Worship options extend beyond Sunday morning”. um, not really based on the figures the report gives.

“While virtually all have multiple Sunday morning services, 48% have one or more Saturday night services, and 41% have one or more Sunday night services”.

48% means the other 52% (more then half) don’t have Saturday night services. Also, 41% having a Sunday night means that almost 60% don’t have a Sunday night service at all.

This shows that most (more then half) churches do not extend their worship service past Sunday morning.

This is either bad statistical analysis or a desire to shape the outcome of the report.

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