Top 100 at Nathan Griffis

So I don’t talk a lot about numbers on this blog but here are some worth mentioning. Outreach Magazine released the Top 100 Largest Churches and Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches in America list. I was proud of how well Florida was represented in this list.

Even South Florida, commonly referred to as a highly unchurched area, represented half of the Florida churches listed in the largest churches category. This does not change the statistics that this one of the top five most unchurched areas in the country, but for a church planter it is encouraging to think that it is possible to reach people here.

Any time you talk about “Mega” churches there are always the people that question the methods that are used to grow churches to this size. This week I was discussing one of the individuals on the overall list and I got “checked” by a friend with this thought… “Have you ever been in one of their services to know what really goes on?” My opinion was based on interviews, edited video and audio, media, etc. In reality I had no right justification for the opinion I had.

I have attended a few of these churches but this isn’t about methods today. What I want you to consider is that every one of these thousands or tens of thousands represents one of God’s kids. The word “go” in the Great Commission doesn’t say a lot about “how” we are to make disciples. There are some specifics on baptism there, but if these churches are expanding the kingdom of God and there really are 90,220 Floridians headed to heaven because of these ministries who are we question?

For a list of Florida Churches in each category click throught to the next page…

Largest Churches

#9 Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Pastor: Bob Coy

Attendance: 18000

#25 Christ Fellowship

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Pastor: Tom Mullins

Attendance: 12339

#62 Northland, A Church Distributed

Longwood, FL