By Warren Bird I recently took a survey that made this amazing claim: “Given that over 95% of people in…
by Warren Bird “As the Baby Boomer generation (born 1946-1964) passes on, megachurches are also dying off.” I see statements like that often in the public media, but all…
In this previously recorded podcast, you will hear Wayne Smith interview Toby Slough, founding pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Argyle, TX, with over 4,000 in weekly attendance, discuss some key insights…
The number of very large churches continues to increase, as our graphic dramatically illustrates. And within that group, the biggest churches continue to get bigger. In the past I’ve written…
Across the world, there are almost 5 million congregations (worship centers)
Megachurches are not a creation of the United States. There are far more megachurches (defined as 2,000 or more in weekend worship attendance) outside North America than inside it, as my global megachurches page shows. . . .
At Easter, Christmas and other big days when church attendances surge, newspapers like to raise the question of which churches are the biggest. Many also try to name which church was the first megachurch
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…
Leadership Network would not be the same–in fact, might not exist at all-were it not for Peter Drucker. Before Bob Buford and Fred Smith Jr. co-founded Leadership Network in 1984,…