The Largest Churches by Denomination
The Church Influence 100 sorted by tradition: who leads every denominational family, and which family dominates. Updated June 2026.
Non-denominational churches dominate church influence online: 46 of the 85 churches in the Church Influence 100 with a published affiliation are non-denominational (54%), led by Elevation Church with 28.97M combined followers. Baptist (10 churches) and Pentecostal & Charismatic (9) follow. Every family below is ranked by measured online reach, the same data behind the full index.
Non-denominational
46 churches · 86.65M reach
| 1 | Elevation Church Matthews, NC | 28.97M |
| 2 | Bethel Church Redding, CA | 14.21M |
| 3 | Casa de Dios Guatemala City, Guatemala | 4.84M |
| 4 | The Potter's House Dallas, TX | 4.81M |
| 5 | Lakewood Church Houston, TX | 3.67M |
Baptist
10 churches · 5.82M reach
| 1 | Lagoinha Church Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 3.06M |
| 2 | Lakepointe Church Rockwall, TX | 1.54M |
| 3 | Mount Zion Baptist Church Whites Creek, TN | 263K |
| 4 | Sun Valley Community Church Gilbert, AZ | 203K |
| 5 | NewSpring Church Anderson, SC | 194K |
Pentecostal & Charismatic
9 churches · 39.89M reach
| 1 | Hillsong Church Sydney, Australia | 28.87M |
| 2 | Planetshakers Church Melbourne, Australia | 4.52M |
| 3 | Dunamis International Gospel Centre Abuja, Nigeria | 2.88M |
| 4 | Bola de Neve Church São Paulo, Brazil | 1.28M |
| 5 | Winners' Chapel (Faith Tabernacle) Ota, Nigeria | 1.08M |
Assemblies of God
7 churches · 2.2M reach
| 1 | James River Church Ozark, MO | 1.38M |
| 2 | Radiant Church Tampa, FL | 433K |
| 3 | Yoido Full Gospel Church Seoul, South Korea | 114K |
| 4 | Journey Church Fern Park, FL | 94.8K |
| 5 | Dream City Church Phoenix, AZ | 81.5K |
Calvary Chapel
3 churches · 988K reach
| 1 | Calvary Christian Fellowship of Tucson Tucson, AZ | 512K |
| 2 | Calvary Chapel Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA | 421K |
| 3 | Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL | 55.5K |
Independent Christian (Restoration)
3 churches · 505K reach
| 1 | Southeast Christian Church Louisville, KY | 242K |
| 2 | Christ's Church of the Valley (CCV) Peoria, AZ | 173K |
| 3 | Shepherd Church Porter Ranch, CA | 90.3K |
Evangelical Covenant
2 churches · 4.3M reach
| 1 | Life.Church Edmond, OK | 4.12M |
| 2 | Bayside Church Roseville, CA | 184K |
Other movements
2 churches · 1.89M reach
| 1 | Victory Manila Taguig, Philippines | 1.52M |
| 2 | First Love Church (Lighthouse) Accra, Ghana | 371K |
Presbyterian
2 churches · 2.49M reach
| 1 | Igreja Presbiteriana de Pinheiros São Paulo, Brazil | 2.21M |
| 2 | SaRang Church Seoul, South Korea | 281K |
Methodist
1 church · 147K reach
| 1 | Embrace Church Sioux Falls, SD | 147K |
Affiliations as published by each church. 15 of the 100 churches publish no clear affiliation and are not counted in a family.
The takeaway
Influence online doesn't follow denominational lines. It follows consistency: the churches at the top of every family publish weekly, in formats people share, on more than one platform. Compare the traditions on the largest churches in America and the most influential pastors, or get your own church's Influence Score.
Questions, Answered
What denomination are most megachurches?
Non-denominational. Among the 85 churches in the Church Influence 100 with a published affiliation, 46 (54%) are non-denominational, more than every other family combined. Baptist (10) and Pentecostal & Charismatic (9) are the next largest groups. The same pattern holds offline: nondenominational Christianity is now the largest Protestant segment in America.
What is the largest non-denominational church?
Elevation Church (Matthews, NC) is the largest non-denominational church by online reach, with 28.97M combined followers across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. By in-person attendance, Life.Church in Edmond, Oklahoma leads all US churches at about 85,000 weekly (Outreach 100 / Lifeway Research, 2025).
Does denomination affect a church’s influence?
Less than you would expect. Influence in this index tracks how consistently a church publishes and grows across platforms, not its theology or governance. Every major family has at least one church punching far above its size, and every family also has large churches that barely register online. The playbook travels across traditions.
How are denominations assigned on this page?
We group each church by the affiliation it publishes on its own site, then roll similar labels into families (for example, Southern Baptist and Converge both roll into Baptist). 15 of the 100 churches do not publish a clear affiliation and are left out of the family counts rather than guessed.
Influence like this gets built on purpose.
Every church on this list posts consistently, in formats people actually watch. That's not luck. That's a system. We run that system for churches every week: sermon clips, graphics, carousels, captions, posted for you.