The pastor of one of America’s largest congregations is defending megachurches against charges they’re too big, saying critics are often hypocritical because they have no problem with other large public venues such as sports and concerts. Ed Young is the pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, which is the 12th largest congregation in the U.S. with 24,000 attendees, according to the 2024 Outreach 100 report by Lifeway Research.
“‘It’s too big. It’s a megachurch,'” Young said in the Facebook video, citing critics.
“Well, that’s got to be one of the most hypocritical statements someone can make because the person making the statement goes to massive concerts,” he said. “They would go to a game, a football game. They would go to a massive mall. And they never really say that about those entities, but they always say the church is too big. Hey, if you think the church is too big, then you’re not going to like heaven because heaven is going to be a big place.”
If a church is located near “a lot of people, it should be big,” Young said.
The largest church in the U.S. is Oklahoma’s Life Church, pastored by Craig Groeschel and has 76,000 attendees….
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