America’s Top Churches
by Phil Gons on March 7th, 2007
ChurchRelevance has analyzed seven top-churches lists and integrated the results.
- Outreach magazine’s 2007 America’s 25 Most Innovative Churches
- Outreach magazine’s 2006 100 Fastest-Growing U.S. Churches
- Outreach magazine’s 2006 100 Largest U.S. Churches
- The Church Report’s 2006 50 Most Influential Churches
- Outreach magazine’s 2005 100 Fastest-Growing U.S. Churches
- The Church Report’s 2005 50 Most Influential Churches
- Outreach magazine’s 2004 100 Fastest-Growing U.S. Churches
Here are their top five:
- LifeChurch.tv (Edmond, OK) :: Craig Groeschel
- Fellowship Church (Grapevine, TX) :: Ed Young Jr.
- Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, CA) :: Rick Warren
- New Hope Christian Fellowship (Oahu, HI) :: Wayne Cordero
- Lakewood Church (Houston, TX) :: Joel Osteen
See the complete list at ChurchRelevance.
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J. R. Miller
I am honestly just tired of these lists. What is missing? We evaluate these churches based on what the world values. There is not ONE SINGLE criteria used that is biblical? Are these churches all teaching the Gospel? Are they being faithful to the doctrines of the Apostles? I am glad to know that in God’s Kingdom, God evaluates his top servants using a much different criteria. Matthew 5 is a good start.
Mar 7th, 2007 7:35 pm
Phil Gons
J. R.,
Good comments. I agree. There is so much attention given to these “top” churches, when it may be some small no-name church in Podunkville that makes God’s list of top churches. Revelation 2 and 3 provide some good criteria as well.
Phil
Mar 8th, 2007 6:56 pm