List of churches by attendance
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This is a list of churches by attendance.
2009
These figures are from ongoing research by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. The figures used in the study are self-reported by individual churches which responded to the survey and are meant to show the average weekly attendance at regular worship services over a sustained time period:
- Church of the Highlands--Nondenominational: 10,301
- Church at Brook Hills--Southern Baptist: 4,000
- Guiding Light Church--Nondenominational: 4,000
- Gardendale First Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 3,800
- Briarwood Presbyterian Church--Presbyterian Church in America: 3,700
- Cathedral of the Cross--Assemblies of God: 3,500
- Hunter Street Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 3,500
- 6th Avenue Baptist Church--Baptist: 2,600
- Dawson Memorial Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 2,500
- Shades Mountain Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 2,500
- Faith Chapel Christian Center--Nondenominational: 2,000
2005
These figures are from a 2005 study by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. The figures used in the study are self-reported by individual churches which responded to the survey and are meant to show the average weekly attendance at regular worship services over a sustained time period:
- Guiding Light Church--Nondenominational: 4,000
- Gardendale's First Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 3,800
- Briarwood Presbyterian Church--Presbyterian Church in America: 3,700
- Cathedral of the Cross--Assemblies of God: 3,500
- Hunter Street Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 3,500
- Church at Brook Hills--Southern Baptist: 3,000
- 6th Avenue Baptist Church--Baptist: 2,600
- Dawson Memorial Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 2,500
- Shades Mountain Baptist Church--Southern Baptist: 2,500
- Church of the Highlands--Nondenominational: 2,000
References
- Hartford Institute for Religion Research (2009) "Database of Megachurches in the U.S." - accessed October 1, 2009
- Garrison, Greg (September 30, 2009) "Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama one of largest, fastest growing in U.S.." Birmingham News