megachurch

noun

mega·church ˈme-gə-ˌchərch

plural megachurches

: a church having an extremely large congregation

The megachurch, one of the largest in the region with roughly 5,000 attendees at its Sunday morning Post Falls worship service, is also adding a 25,000-square-foot children's ministry building, which will include a large indoor play structure …—

Nicholas Deshais

In little more than a decade, his ministry has grown from a living-room Bible study to a megachurch that draws about 7,600 visitors to seven campuses around Seattle each Sunday …—

Molly Worthen

Examples of megachurch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The fire reportedly broke out in the basement of the megachurch, located in Downtown Dallas at the corner of San Jacinto and North Ervay Street, at around 6 p.m. Video shows heavy flames tearing through the landmark building, with thick black smoke billowing high into the Dallas skyline. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 20 July 2024 Joel Osteen, the celebrity preacher with millions of followers, exuded a positive, hopeful energy from his Houston megachurch, which experienced a deadly shooting on-site earlier this year and is now involved in hurricane relief efforts after a storm battered the city. —

Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 By Kimberly Aguirre July 1, 2024 3 AM PT The Angelus Temple megachurch in Echo Park was the unlikely venue (and largest to date) for the Gabriella Charter Schools’ year-end dance recitals. —

Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024 Lentz later joined a Midwest megachurch in Tulsa as a strategist in 2023. —

Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for megachurch

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