The Largest Churches in America

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I have to admit that I love stats and rankings. Here are the ranking of the largest churches in America. Couple of them are right in your backyard. Joel Olsteen is the senior pastor of the largest church in America and I absolutely love this guy. This guy has an incredible gift of encouragement, especially in uncertain times like this.



Rank #1 LakeWood Church Attendance: 47,000 WOW! Location: Houston, TX Pastor : Joel Olsteen

http://www.amazon.com/Become-Better-You-Improving-Every/dp/0743296885/ref=pd_sim_b_1



Rank #4 Saddleback Church Attendance: 22,000 WOW! Location: Lake Forest, CA Pastor: Rick Warren

http://www.amazon.com/Purpose-Driven?-Life-What-Earth/dp/0310276993/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225832960&sr=1-1



Rank #48 Mariners Church Attendance: 8,500 Location: Irvine, CA Pastor: Kenton Beshore

Rank #39 Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa Attendance: 9,500 Location: Santa Ana, CA Pastor: Chuck Smith



See full list below.

http://www.outreachmagazine.com/docs/top100_2007_largest.pdf

 

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Does anyone really care?

 

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Yes, some of us do.

 

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Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day (Hardcover)by Joel Osteen



I highly recommend his latest book by Joel Osteen. It is a simple read and very inspirational. His Video Sermons are online at www.lakewood.cc and I can't believe it is FREE. My wife and I watch it together time to time after work.



Enjoy!