Megachurches Pros And Cons

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As we dive into the world of megachurches and decide if they are healthy for Christians or not we should first ask ourselves what is a megachurch? Where do they come from? From there we will look at the statistics; what denominations are usually involved with mega churches, are mega churches growing? We will also see what deems as pros and cons of megachurches, including personal experiences of Flat Irons Church from Lafayette, Colorado.
What can be considered a megachurch? According to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, megachurches can be defined as “Any Protestant congregation with a sustained average weekly attendance of 2,000 persons or more in its worship services.” In the history of the United States we have had Churches …show more content…

Looking at it through Christian eyes, one could see that the following quote from gotquestions.org could be considered a pro for megachurches; (referring to the people of megachurches)”...Study the Scriptures on their own, and believe in the importance of sharing their faith. Megachurches also tend to be the most multi-ethnic of all congregations.” One could also say that the opportunity to pick and choose your own ministries and small groups to be a part of would be considered a pro as well. Another pro would be that megachurches deliver recovery and addiction groups for people, licensed counselors for individual and marital issues for couples as well as preschools for the children. Having all of these programs and helping hands megachurches tend to attract younger families as well as younger singles, and with this, one could believe that this is a huge pro bringing in the young new era of Christians. According to christianpost.com 55% of the people that attend megachurches volunteer at church while the percentage of volunteers at smaller churches is much lower. However what could be considered a con is that not everyone decides to join the provided small groups and communities outside of Church. So their tends to be some difficulty establishing friendship and family if one just goes to the service with the 3,000 person attendance compared to a small church where you are more likely to be able to establish friendship and family from going to service with an attendance of 200

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