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
Nicholas DeshaisIn 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
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Bieber, an artist who seems to love weed and megachurch culture with the same passion and who has long discussed his faith in and out of music, doesn’t scan on record as the demure, denial-of-gratification Christian that rumors of an attachment to a cult imply.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Guidepost’s report detailed a July 2010 incident in which Hunt, who was SBC president between 2009-2010 and the longtime pastor at Atlanta area megachurch First Baptist Church (FBC) Woodstock, allegedly molested a woman more than 20 years his junior.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The man in a blue Hawaiian shirt paced up and down the line of fellow protesters outside the Congress Plaza Hotel on South Michigan Avenue, shouting into a megaphone with the fervor of someone leading the sermon at a megachurch.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But something is noticeably different in this east Texas town, where the wives of a conservative gubernatorial candidate, county sheriff and local megachurch reverend carry guns in their handbags.
—Trish Bendix, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Guidepost’s report detailed a July 2010 incident in which Hunt, who was SBC president between 2009-2010 and the longtime pastor at Atlanta area megachurch First Baptist Church (FBC) Woodstock, allegedly molested a woman more than 20 years his junior.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The man in a blue Hawaiian shirt paced up and down the line of fellow protesters outside the Congress Plaza Hotel on South Michigan Avenue, shouting into a megaphone with the fervor of someone leading the sermon at a megachurch.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But something is noticeably different in this east Texas town, where the wives of a conservative gubernatorial candidate, county sheriff and local megachurch reverend carry guns in their handbags.
—Trish Bendix, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Megachurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megachurch. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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