Lisa Anne Auerbach, Brookwood Church, Simpsonville, SC (2016) (all images courtesy the artist) It turned out that Auerbach had, in fact, seen plenty of megachurches while driving around the country, ...

In recent years, megachurches have become a hot topic, not just for their size and influence but for the growing wave of skepticism surrounding them. Once seen as vibrant communities of faith, many ...

In recent months the conversation on Out of Ur has explored why increasing numbers of Christians are opting to pursue Christ apart from a local church. The discussion began with Kevin Miller’s review ...

Too big? Too self-focused? All alike? Beyond Megachurch Myths aims to discredit these ideas about America’s largest churches. Scott Thumma and Dave Travis (of Leadership Network) meticulously evaluate ...

Of the 75% of Americans who identify as Christian, between 2 and 5 million regularly attend a megachurch — a super-sized house of Protestant worship that has a weekend attendance of 2,000 or more ...