{"id":2591,"date":"2011-11-08T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/11\/megachuches-when-will-the-bubble-burst.html"},"modified":"2011-11-08T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T09:51:00","slug":"megachuches-when-will-the-bubble-burst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/11\/megachuches-when-will-the-bubble-burst.html","title":{"rendered":"Megachuches: When Will The Bubble Burst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

by Skye Jethani
for the Huffington Post<\/p>\n

Megachurches are predominantly white, suburban, conservative congregations led by baby-boomer pastors. This is what an infographic about floating around the web lately has revealed. It\u2019s based on research compiled by Forbes, The Christian Post, and Leadership Network.<\/p>\n

For the most part the stats look very positive for mega and gigachurches (yes, that is a term now being used). These massive congregations, unlike many other churches, are still growing. They\u2019re expanding staff, seeing increasing budgets and have an optimistic outlook.<\/p>\n

But buried in the positive stats about megachurches may be signs of challenges ahead. Could a bubble be forming? And when it finally bursts will the mega-model be abandoned or severely reengineered? Are we seeing the maturation of the megachurch movement into a sustainable and long-term model for the American church? Or, like Wile E. Coyote, is the ground going to suddenly disappear under its feet? Let\u2019s look more closely at the numbers.<\/p>\n

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