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

At Tabernacle of Glory, a nondenominational Christian megachurch in Miami Gardens, pastors are being inundated with requests from members who need help with food, rent and legal services. — Lauren Costantino september 19, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

But the suggestion that the Johnson County megachurch pastor could hold a narrow lead is remarkable, considering that Kansas voters haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate in more than 90 years. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

The former pastor, who founded Texas megachurch Gateway in 2000, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but all except six months of the time was suspended. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

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

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