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Studying Christianity?\u00a0 Mega churches are increasingly important in modern Christianity. According to James Wellman, a professor and author of Rob Bell and the New American Christianity, there are twelve national mega churches\u00a0 and they are \u201cone way Americans are doing their religion.\u201d\u00a0 He notes that 50% of Americans who go to church, go to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":4915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[108,107],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-charisma","tag-mega-churches"],"yoast_head":"\n
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