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Lakewood Church
The Grand Opening of Lakewood Church's new Central Campus. Over 57,000 people packed the Sanctuary and video overflow rooms.
Houston's Lakewood Baptist Church spent over $95 million to turn the former NBA sports arena into one of the largest churches in the country. Led by "pastorpreneur" Joel Osteen, the church accommodates 30,000 members .
Lakewood is one of about 1,200 churches classified as "mega" by those studying the phenomenal growth of today's new form of Sunday worship. A megachurch is defined as having a congregation of at least 2,000. Like Lakewood, the vast majority of megachurches are nondenominational.
Lakewood Church
The Grand Opening of Lakewood Church's new Central Campus. Over 57,000 people packed the Sanctuary and video overflow rooms.
Houston's Lakewood Baptist Church spent over $95 million to turn the former NBA sports arena into one of the largest churches in the country. Led by "pastorpreneur" Joel Osteen, the church accommodates 30,000 members .
Lakewood is one of about 1,200 churches classified as "mega" by those studying the phenomenal growth of today's new form of Sunday worship. A megachurch is defined as having a congregation of at least 2,000. Like Lakewood, the vast majority of megachurches are nondenominational.