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Demographics of Protestant Churches in America

To better understand ‘Worship and Adoration’ in the American church, we asked the question: What are the characteristics of where American Christians gather to worship?

We found a very clear body of data that was cross-confirmed through a number of studies.

First, here’s the set of data.

Don’t worry, AdoreTheLord.blog will be ‘peeling apart’ the data as time goes on…

 

DATA SUMMARY: Churches

Of the +/- 314,000 US Protestant Churches:

Percentage Churches with 99 attendees or less:

     59%

Percentage Churches with 499 attendees or less:

     94%

Percentage of Churches with 500 attendees or more:

     6%

‘Mean’ number of people who attend a Church:

     75 people

‘Median’ number of people who attend a Church:

     184 people

Number of ‘mega-churches’ (>2000 attendees) 2015:

     1,667 churches

Percentage churches ‘non-denominational’ 2016:

     30%

Percentage of ‘non-denominational’ growth, 1976 to 2016:

     400%

Percentage largest 25 mega-churches as ‘non-denominational’ 2015:

     56%

 

TAKE-AWAY: Most of the churches in the United States are small… Part 2 will talk about Church-Goers, and… well, that’s where it gets really interesting…

 

REFERENCES   Retrieved 2017.03.24

(feel free to check ‘em out!)

<>http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html#sizecong

     From the Hartford Institute for Religious Research. Includes the National

     Congregational Study

     “Megachurch Definition”. Hirr.hartsem.edu.  


     American Congregations 2015 (report): Roozen@hartsem.edu

     Megachurches 2015: Report from the Beck Group

<>http://www.thearda.com/ConQS/qs_261.asp

<>https://prodigalthought.net/2011/01/26/the-average-church-size-in-america/

<>http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2015/june/rapid-rise-of-non-denominational-christianity-my-most-recen.html

<>http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega/db.pl?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&sb=3&so=descend

<>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YIKShcapvO6LatV5WG7P4XXczuoaw9EAfKv3IMJwXnQ/edit?hl=en_US#gid=0

     Includes info on world Mega-churches

<>http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/gallup-asked-americans-why-they-go-church-its-not-music

<>http://www.newsmax.com/PrintTemplate.aspx/?nodeid=701661

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