What Is A Mega Church?
Mega church is the popular name for huge churches that are popping up all over the Western world. As the name implies, these are not simply large churches, but have regular weekly attendance from 1k to 30k or more. They’re not community churches, but regional churches, where people come from as far as 50 miles away, thanks to freeway travel. The sanctuaries of some of these facilities seat as many as 10,000 at a time. Many sport cushioned stadium seating with drink holders and stereo phone outlets to get the teaching translated into a number of languages. The sanctuary is usually just part of a huge campus that includes classroom buildings, swimming pools, tennis courts, gyms, etc. Often, they have valet parking and shuttle service from the huge parking lots to the sanctuary and other points of interest. Because of their size, these mega-churches can provide a wide variety of services for Christian families of all types and sizes. Sadly, because of their size, mega-churches are about a
