megachurch

noun

mega·​church ˈme-gə-ˌchərch 

plural megachurches

: a church having an extremely large congregation

The megachurch, one of the largest in the region with roughly 5,000 attendees at its Sunday morning Post Falls worship service, is also adding a 25,000-square-foot children's ministry building, which will include a large indoor play structure …

—Nicholas Deshais

In little more than a decade, his ministry has grown from a living-room Bible study to a megachurch that draws about 7,600 visitors to seven campuses around Seattle each Sunday …

—Molly Worthen

Examples of megachurch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Brooks, whose live performance style falls somewhere between megachurch pastor and WWE wrestler, matched the energy and then some. — Heather Bushman, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

The Guatemalan epidemic has been traced back to a gathering in Santiago Atitlán in December 2025 that was organized by a Christian megachurch whose leaders have been vocal about their anti-vaccine views. — Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

The on-screen text includes ellipses to demonstrate that the megachurch pastor said words in between the ones highlighted by Main Street Fund. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

McCormack was an ordained elder and youth ministry leader for the Rock Church in San Diego, the megachurch founded and led by former NFL player Miles McPherson. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

mega- + church entry 1

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for megachurch

• interchurch
• birch
• lurch
• perch
• search
• research