12 Intriguing Megachurch Trends

12 Intriguing Megachurch Trends

by Warren Bird

Does it surprise you that among megachurches…?

• 62% are multisite, up from 46% five years ago

• 30% host an online campus (more than just streaming)

• 57% serve Communion always or often as part of worship

• almost twice as many “strongly agree” that their congregation has a clear mission and purpose, as compared to smaller churches

These findings and more are available in a just-released, richly illustrated report, “Recent Shifts in America’s Largest Protestant Churches,” by Scott Thumma and Warren Bird, brought to you by The Beck Group….

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VIDEO: Small Groups Are Weird

Chris Surratt talks about Small Groups ministries, their awkwardness, their challenges, and most importantly, their effectiveness for spreading the gospel.

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This year’s NINES online conference, “Engaging Millennials, Nones and the Next Generation” proved to be an event full of great information. We heard from folks like Perry Noble, Craig Groeschel, Bryan Carter and Rebekah Bullard – all about what their churches are doing reach these age groups. This was a hot topic this year, and we had more than 200 videos submitted. During the original event on November 10-11, we had so much interest that we’d thought we would share the event again Tuesday and Wednesday, December 15 and 16, 12-4 EST (also shown Pacific) AND a special event for your church family 7-9 PM (and Pacific) Tuesday night. No need to register, just go to thenines.tv on these days and watch all of the content for free.

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