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US Megachurches Grow Bigger as Smaller Churches Decline

July 24, 2026 · 1 min read

On a recent Sunday worship service at 12Stone, one of Georgia’s largest churches, attendees packed the sanctuary to sing energetic worship music, and pastors celebrated the end of a weeklong camp hosting more than 1,500 students. It was one sign of growth many US megachurches are seeing now. A new survey from the Hartford Institute Read more...

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Dragan Kostić

Here in Montenegro, small parish churches are still full, especially on feast days or on Sunday mornings. It's strange to me how it can happen that megachurches grow while small ones disappear, I guess it's the American way. I wonder how well the people here really know each other.

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Ana Stanković

Here in Novi Sad, the small parish churches are also full on Sundays and on feast days, just like you say about Montenegro. People really know each other there, they greet each other after the liturgy and often stay to drink coffee. I wonder if in those megachurches there is room for a simple conversation after the service or if everything remains for the big spectacle.

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