[siunevada]

50 percent more than previously thought by most religion researchers

I found that line hilarious. I pictured Basil and Chauncey in their pith helmets and butterfly nets seeking out the elusive MegaChurch in its native habitat.

[maestro]

?..............Lakewood is only one of over 170 megachurches in Texas ? the state with the most megachurches in the U.S. There are 56 megachurches in Houston and Dallas alone. .......?

Texas,....a 'model' of heaven?

/sarcasm?

[isthisnickcool]

Megachurches. Before you know it we will have gigchurches then terachurches followed by petachurches, exachurches, zettachurches. Then I expect we will have different flavors of churches. You'll have church-kabobs, church creole, church gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple church, lemon church, coconut church, pepper church, church soup, church stew, church salad, church and potatoes, church burger, church sandwich.....

[Ff--150]

Lakewood is only one of over 170 megachurches in Texas – the state with the most megachurches in the U.S. There are 56 megachurches in Houston and Dallas alone.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW

The Blessing of the LORD DOES maketh rich...........and He adds no sorrow to it! YES!!!!!

[bobjam]

The "mega church" is hardly anything new. Look at all of those huge cathedrals and other churches in Europe that can hold hundreds. There was a reason for that.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Together they found there were at least 1,200 Protestant churches claiming more than 2,000 weekly worship attendants.

The average Catholic parish in my diocese has around 1750 weekly attendees. Probably 30% of our parishes (that would be around 70) would qualify for mega-Church status, including my own. I guess having 7 masses on weekends helps.

Nationwide, the typical Catholic parish has around 1,000 attendees. If we assume just 15% are above 2,000, that is still nearly 3,000 Catholic mega-parishes.