UPCI Mega Churches???
 

The Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research, is one of the world’s leading and most respected religious research institutions. Its researchers keep a database on mega churches in the US. They define a mega church in part as having a weekly attendance of 2000 people.

Here is the link to the database: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega...ds=1&ID=*&sb=2

According to its database, it lists the following 15 UPCI (and now some former UPCI) congregations as mega churches out of 1360 nationwide:

Christian Life Center
Nathaniel Haney - Stockton, CA
Attendance 5000

Calvary Tabernacle
Paul Mooney - Indianapolis, IN
Attendance 3000

Revival Center
Randy Keyes - Modesto, CA
Attendance 3000

Life Tabernacle
James Kilgore - Houston, TX
Attendance 3000

The Pentecostals of Alexandria
Anthony Mangun - Alexandria, LA
Attendance: 2800

Truth Tabernacle
Vaughn Morton - Fresno, CA
Attendance 2500

Woodlawn Pentecostal Church
James Carney - Columbia, MS
Attendance 2500

Apostolic Church of Auburn Hills
Steve Warman - Auburn Hills, MI
Attendance 2200

First Pentecostal Church
Chris Craft – Jackson, MS
Attendance 2050

New Life Tabernacle
Mike Mitchell - Brooklyn ,NY
Attendance 2050

The Pentecostals
Mark Foster - West Monroe, LA
Attendance 2050

Revival Tabernacle/The Anchor
James Larson San Diego, CA
Attendance 2000

The Pentecostals
Mark Hattabaugh - Cooper City, FL
Attendance 2000

East Valley Pentecostal Church
John Nelson - San Jose, CA
Attendance 2000

The Rock Church
Myles Young - Elk Grove, CA
Attendance 2000

I believe these numbers are from 2007. Can anyone verify the accuracy of these attendance numbers? I am somewhat familiar with the churches in California and the numbers seem to be very inflated.

Re: UPCI Mega Churches???
 

Perhaps the numbers given were "evangelistically speaking"

Re: UPCI Mega Churches???
 

Well, some have a sanctified term for lying.
We call it " evangelistically speaking."

Re: UPCI Mega Churches???
 

Someone lied to this reseacher.

Re: UPCI Mega Churches???
 

True...

I doubt that CLC runs 2500 if that....


and also Mortons... last I heard it was possibly 1000....

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One church that I was familar was, anyone who gave anything in the offering during a said year, was considered a member.

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It says "weekly attendance"..... Maybe that's kinda adding up how many people are there at each service through the week....

Like Calvary Tabernacle, the times I've been there and noticed their attendance board, it'll be like 1,200 or so for Sunday school or whatever....

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jackson 2050?

not hardly

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I think what this might be is their Easter Sunday attendance.

The UPC calls each church after Easter Sunday to give a report.

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If it helps you feel any better, I bet a lot of the AG numbers are inflated, too! ;)