List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums

This is a list of the largest evangelical church auditoriums. The list is based on the human seating capacity of the evangelical church auditoriums.

Characteristics

The building of an Evangelical Christian megachurch has a main auditorium for worship services, as well as additional rooms for children and teenagers, small groups and sometimes a cafeteria or a gym.[1] [2]

Criteria for inclusion

• Only church auditoriums are included in this list. Church tents, canopies and overflows are excluded from the list. For example, the Redeemed Christian Church of God three million capacity church campground fails this criteria as it is not a completely enclosed building.[3][4][5]
• The figures are based on sitting capacity of the auditorium from weekly services. Figures from monthly/yearly conventions, congress and outreaches are not factored in this list. For this reason, the seven million plus average attendees to the convention of Redeemed Christian Church of God is not included in this list as it is not a weekly service.[6][7]
• The estimates are based on human sitting capacity in a single service. Churches with multiple consecutive services will be for only one service. For example, Faith Tabernacle, which holds four services every Sunday in its 50,000 capacity auditorium will be included as having 50,000 and not 200,000 in the list.[8][9]
• Only auditoriums with a capacity of 10,000 and above are to be included.

List

Auditorium name	Church	Year completed	Capacity	Location
Hand of God Cathedral	Salvation Ministries	2020	120,000[10]	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Glory Dome	Dunamis International Gospel Centre	2018	100,000[11][12][13][14]	Abuja, Nigeria
Champions Royal Assembly Abuja	Champions Royal Assembly	2015	80,000[15]	Abuja, Nigeria
Temple of the Glory of God	God is Love Pentecostal Church	2004	60,000[16]	São Paulo, Brazil
Faith Tabernacle	Living Faith Church Worldwide	1999	50,000[17][18][19]	Lagos, Nigeria
International Gospel Centre	Word of Life Bible Church	2014	35,000[20][21][22]	Warri, Nigeria
Graha Bethany Nginden	Gereja Bethany Indonesia	2000, 2009	35,000[23]	Surabaya, Indonesia
Deeper Life Bible Church Lagos	Deeper Christian Life Ministry	2018	30,000[24][25]	Lagos, Nigeria
Great Temple	General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil	1996	22,000[26]	Cuiabá, Brazil
Calvary Temple	Calvary Temple	2013	18,000[27]	Hyderabad, India
Lakewood Church Central Campus	Lakewood Church	2005	16,000[28]	Houston, United States
Liberty Worship Centre	Liberty Worship Centre	2014	15,000 [29]	Kampala, Uganda
Perez Dome	Perez Chapel International	2011	14,000[30]	Accra, Ghana
Mega Frater	Fraternidad Cristiana de Guatemala	2007	12,200[31]	Mixco, Guatemala
Church of the Nations/Bethel Israel Tabernacle	International Evangelism Center - African Interior Mission	2020	12,000[32]	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Winners Chapel Nairobi	Living Faith Church Worldwide	2013	12,000 [33]	Nairobi, Kenya
Holy Stadium	Gospel of the Kingdom Church	2005	12,000[34]	Semarang, Indonesia
Yoido Full Gospel Church	Yoido Full Gospel Church	1973	12,000[35]	Seoul, South Korea
World Cathedral of Faith	Universal Church of the Kingdom of God	1999	11,000[36]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Miracle Centre Cathedral	Miracle Centre Cathedral	2004	10,500 [37]	Kampala, Uganda
Faith Dome	Crenshaw Christian Center	1989	10,145[38]	Crenshaw, Los Angeles, United States
Noah's Ark Auditorium	Full Life Christian Centre	2015	10,000[39]	Uyo, Nigeria
Temple of Solomon (São Paulo)	Universal Church of the Kingdom of God	2014	10,000[40]	São Paulo, Brazil
Christ's Commission Fellowship Pasig	Christ's Commission Fellowship	2014	10,000[41]	Pasig, Philippines
Redeemed Christian Church of God Greenville	Redeemed Christian Church of God	2013	10,000[42]	Greenville, Texas, United States
The Rock Cathedral	House On The Rock (Church)	2013	10,000[43]	Lagos, Nigeria
National Temple	The Apostolic Church Nigeria	2011	10,000[44]	Lagos, Nigeria
Centro Familiar de Adoración	Assemblies of God	2009	10,000[45]	Asunción, Paraguay
House of Hope	Salem Baptist Church of Chicago	2005	10,000[46]	Chicago, United States
Gereja Mawar Sharon Jakarta	Indonesian Bethel Church	2003	10,000[47]	Jakarta, Indonesia

See also

• List of the largest evangelical churches
• Worship service (evangelicalism)

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