megachurch
Enormous Christian congregation
A megachurch is a Protestant Christian church with an exceptionally large congregation, typically at least two thousand weekly attendees.
Megachurches often feature contemporary worship styles, multimedia productions, and sprawling campuses with amenities like coffee shops and bookstores.
The term sometimes carries connotations of commercialized or superficial faith: Another megachurch pastor fell from grace.
Transmitted media signal
- livestreamReal-time internet broadcast
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- television ministryReligious outreach through broadcasting
- satellite campusRemote extension of a college
simulcast · social media · app · production team · camera crew · televangelism · viewer · audience
Room for spectators
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- atriumRoofed central hall
- jumbotronLarge arena display screen
parking structure · baptistry · stage · arena · multiplex · food court · bookstore · lobby
Spiritually converted anew
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- conversionAct of changing states
testimony · discipleship · outreach · revival · faith · grace · redemption · scripture
Multiple units of 1,000
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- small groupsLimited gatherings of people
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
- greetersThose who welcome arrivals
ushers · membership · flock · believers · parishioners · newcomers · seekers · regulars
Doctrine linking faith to wealth
Profit-driven market introduction
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- spectacleVisually striking event
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- shallowWithout much depth
corporate · impersonal · cult of personality · scandal · accountability · megabucks · showmanship
Chief clergy of congregation
- worship leaderDirects congregational praise
- board of eldersLeadership group of seniors
- successionFollowing in order
- empireDomain under unified control
broadcast
Transmitted media signal
- livestreamReal-time internet broadcast
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- television ministryReligious outreach through broadcasting
satellite campus · simulcast · social media · app · production team · camera crew · televangelism · viewer · audience · global reach
auditorium
Room for spectators
jumbotron · parking structure · baptistry · stage · arena · multiplex · food court · bookstore · lobby · balcony
born-again
Spiritually converted anew
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
conversion · testimony · discipleship · outreach · revival · faith · grace · redemption · scripture · sin
thousands
Multiple units of 1,000
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- small groupsLimited gatherings of people
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
greeters · ushers · membership · flock · believers · parishioners · newcomers · seekers · regulars · worship team
prosperity gospel
Doctrine linking faith to wealth
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
- tithingReligious tenth contribution
donations · offering · fundraising · wealth
commercialization
Profit-driven market introduction
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- spectacleVisually striking event
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
shallow · corporate · impersonal · cult of personality · scandal · accountability · megabucks · showmanship
senior pastor
Chief clergy of congregation
- worship leaderDirects congregational praise
- board of eldersLeadership group of seniors
- successionFollowing in order
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- church lifeworship service, prayer group, youth group, small group, praise team
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, Cologne Cathedral, Greek Orthodox
- Mega- Wordsmegaton, megawatt, megapixel, megaplex, megastar
- religious organizationscongregations, parishes, dioceses, denominations, synods
megachurchchapel
Small worship room
storefront church · house church · village church · parish church · mission church
- megachurch pastorLeader of enormous congregation