Megachurch Trend Sees Global Growth: World’s Largest Congregations Are Now in Africa and Asia
July 25, 2015 – Beatrice Gitau – Christian Science Monitor
While the United States may have started the trend of megachuches, a new study shows that the future of super-size congregations lies abroad.
A survey by the Leadership Network, a Christian nonprofit organization, reveals that the world’s biggest churches are not in the United States, but in Asia and Africa.
For example, the world’s largest megachurch, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea has an attendance of 480,000 people. India is now home to more Christians than at any time in its history.
According to a list compiled by the Leadership Network, attendance is high in western and eastern Africa, and at least 25 of Africa’s megachurches are in Nigeria. Lagos, the capital, ranks second in the world after Seoul, with a combined weekly attendance of 346,500 people.