[Hermann the Cherusker]

The Korean Presbyterians have developed a curious local tradition of genuinely monstrous Local Congregations -- they have Individual Churches the size of American Cities, tens (even hundreds) of thousands packed-in-Covenant to a single Local Church, the size of a mega-stadium (under the overall supervision of a number of Elders, of course). In regular attendance. Almost as if a Roman Bishop were to call together his entire diocese for Liturgy and Homily every Sunday Morn.

Most of the Catholic parishes around me have 10,000 or more members.

[dangus]

>>Most of the Catholic parishes around me have 10,000 or more members.

Herm, I didn't get that OP was engaging in triumphantalism, merely answering back a question of the size of Korean Presbyterianism; The megachurches are a phenomenon. Picture all Catholics in a major Ameican metropolis showing up to same church, where masses are held for stadium-size congregations several times a day. It *is* phenomenal. I wasn't aware that they were presbyterian; I thought like US megachurches they'd be nondenominational.

[OLD REGGIE]

Most of the Catholic parishes around me have 10,000 or more members.

Did you miss "In regular attendance."? That, to me, is the striking thing.