Help Us Find the Country's Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches

Each year with your assistance we compile the Outreach 100, a bonus issue featuring the Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Special Report of the country’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches.

Each year with your assistance we compile the Outreach 100, a bonus issue featuring the Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Special Report of the country’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches. We are gathering data now, and the Outreach 100 will be published this fall.

Should your church be included?

Each year as part of this project LifeWay Research surveys churches across the U.S. to determine their average weekend worship attendance.

 Last year’s Largest Churches ranged in size from 5,600 to 43,500. Fastest-Growing Churches added at least 300 people, grew at least 5 percent and ran 1,000 or more in attendance. The numbers are based on average weekend attendance for February and March, compared to February and March of the previous year. As part of the survey process, our partner, LifeWay Research, contacts thousands of churches by phone, fax, e-mail and certified letter to confirm survey data. We’ve begun work on this year’s list, but we don’t want to miss a single church that should be included. So we want your help.

You can submit your church's information by downloading the Survey Form and faxing to LifeWay Research or by e-mailing Lizette Beard, the project manager, and asking for the Outreach 100 Survey Form..

The stories behind the numbers

Ultimately, the Outreach 100 is not about numbers alone, but about the stories of transformation the numbers represent. We want to know what we can learn from America’s Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches—and we want to celebrate the people they are reaching. The Outreach 100 is not just our annual research issue, it also features inspirational and informative stories and church-tested outreach ideas for any church, any size. We want to hear your story. We want to share your ideas.

Deadline for submission is May 14, 2010

 

Each issue of Outreach is designed to bring you the ideas, innovations and resources that will help you reach your community and change the world.