Megachurch Research

Profile of all U.S. Megachurches
Information from the online database of 1210 churches.

Megachurches Today 2005

• Summary Reportdownload in .pdf*
• Detailed data*
• A press release on the project
• Summary of the collection method
• A comparison of the 2000 and 2005 study

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• Listen online to the audio interview with the principal investigators of this research.

This project is a joint effort of Scott Thumma of this Institute and David Travis and Warren Bird of Leadership Network of Dallas, Texas.

Megachurches Today 2000

A study of 153 megachurches from the Faith Communities Today project conducted between 1999-2000 at Hartford Institute for Religion Research with Scott Thumma as the Primary investigator.

• Summary report by Scott Thumma, Ph.D.
• Detailed data*  
• Press release on this study

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Another person assisted in the collection of the information about megachurches, Dr. John Vaughan of the Megachurch Research Institute.  Additionally, The Leadership Network and its representative Dave Travis sponsored and supported the research project.