Outreach Magazine recently partnered with LifeWay Research and released its annual report on the largest and fastest-growing churches in America. Researchers contacted more than 8,000 churches to gather the self-reported data used to compile the top-100 lists. (The listings are based on February and March weekend attendance averages.)
If you are tired of the church-numbers game, rest assured you are not alone. In fact, the magazine's editor is quick to say this special report offers more than tally marks.
“As we approached the 2010 Outreach 100, we knew we wanted to tell more stories of churches to truly reflect their impact and to get to the heart of why they’re growing,” said Outreach editor Lindy Lowry. “So we increased the number of profiles from five to 15 and added several other feature-length articles offering the stories behind the numbers.
"Ultimately, The Outreach 100 is not so much about numbers as it is the individuals those numbers represent—people who have found hope in Jesus, and the churches pointing them to Him.”
This year there are three United Methodist churches among the 100 fastest-growing churches: Morning Star Church in O’Fallon, Mo. (ranked #61), Harvest Church in Byron, Ga. (#76) and Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas (#83).
Want to guess the no.1 fasted-growing church?
How about the largest?
For more fast fact click here or pick up the 2010 Outreach 100 Special Issue.
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