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Journal articles on the topic "Megachurches"

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Goh, Robbie B. H. "The Experience Megachurch: Lakewood, Hillsong, and The Pragmatics and Semiotics of “Inspiration”." Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 9, no. 1 (May 1, 2020): 33–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10009.

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Megachurches, although differing in terms of denominational affiliation (or relative lack thereof), spatial logic, liturgy, teaching, and congregational demographics, share the common trait of size and are often fast-growing churches as well. This is particularly true of what might be called (following scholarship on the “experience economy”) the “experience megachurch”: those with a broad attractive appeal, large and growing congregations, and relative freedom from traditional Christian spatial-architectural constraints, rituals, and denominational histories. Such experience megachurches share an emphasis on offering their congregations an “inspiring” experience of the reality of God’s existence and presence in the church. Applying theories of pragmatics, semiotics, and bodily discipline, this article examines two experience megachurches (Lakewood in Houston, U.S.A., and Hillsong, headquartered in Sydney, Australia) to offer a taxonomy of megachurch praxis.
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Bowler, Kate, and Wen Reagan. "Bigger, Better, Louder: The Prosperity Gospel's Impact on Contemporary Christian Worship." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 24, no. 2 (2014): 186–230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.2014.24.2.186.

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AbstractThis article makes several claims about the relationship between praise and worship music and prosperity megachurches. First, it argues that the prosperity gospel has had a significant impact on contemporary worship music in America owing to its leadership in the twin rise of the megachurch and televangelism. Second, beginning in the 1990s, prosperity megachurches pioneered forms of worship music mimicking “arena rock” that capitalized on both the scale of their sanctuaries and the sophistication of their audio/visual production. The result was a progression toward music that would be a liturgy of timing, lighting, volume and performance designed for large venues. Finally, prosperity megachurches were ideally situated to benefit from this new music, both in the music industry and in their theology. Prosperity megachurches partnered with the expanding worship industry in the creation of new worship music, while the prosperity gospel theologically undergirded the affective power and performative pageantry of Christian arena rock, narrating worship music as a tool for releasing spiritual forces of prosperity. The result was a Sunday experience for the blessed that reinforced the celebration of God’s abundant blessings through music that was bigger, better, and louder.
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Mora-Ciangherotti, Fernando Adolfo. "Latin American Megachurches in a Changing Culture: An Integrative Review and an Exploration of Future Research Directions." Religions 13, no. 9 (September 11, 2022): 843. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13090843.

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Several review articles about megachurch studies have been published recently concentrating their work on USA, Europe, and other parts of the world, with just a few references about Latin American megachurches. For that reason, this article aims to identify some of the characteristics of Latin American Evangelical megachurches by looking at relevant literature, especially that produced in the region, in Spanish and Portuguese, which is usually overlooked by researchers in the Global North. Since this research field is still limited in Latin America, areas where further work is necessary are identified. Three general catalysts for the emergence of megachurches in the region, church growth methodologies, Pentecostalization, and theologies of growth, serve as guides to organize the review process. The discussion shows that several potential areas of research in a variety of fields such as theology, ecclesiology, organizational theory, leadership, gender studies, and ethics, are proposed from the review.
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Cornelio, Jayeel, and Ia Marañon. "A ‘Righteous Intervention’: Megachurch Christianity and Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines." International Journal of Asian Christianity 2, no. 2 (October 17, 2019): 211–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25424246-00202005.

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Megachurches, which are among the fastest-growing religious organizations in the Philippines, have been apolitical towards Duterte’s war on drugs. In contrast to some influential religious groups, that they have not released any statement is glaring. At the same time, megachurches have adopted interventions that aim at the rehabilitation of drug-dependent individuals and the moral renewal of police officers. What accounts for these actions? For megachurch pastors, the war on drugs is a ‘righteous intervention’ on the part of a God-ordained administration. At the same time, addressing the proliferation of illegal drugs is ‘humanly impossible’. Thus responding to substance abuse can only be a spiritual matter. The task of the church is to treat it as a spiritual condition to which the answer is conversion and moral recovery. The article ends with a critical reflection on how these theological views ultimately reflect the interests of the class these megachurches represent.
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Chong, Terence, and Daniel P. S. Goh. "Beyond Mall Christianity: Megachurches Navigating Southeast Asian Urbanism." Pacific Affairs 95, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 5–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5509/20229515.

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The global spread of Pentecostalism has been facilitated by a combination of transnational impulses and indigenizing interests. In the case of independent Pentecostal megachurches, their growth in urban centres is reflected in both Western and Asian societies. Megachurches in America and Southeast Asia have flourished because of their unique blend of middle- class congregants, appeal to consumerist and popular culture, as well as their compatibility with the urban lifestyle patterns of their congregants. However, it would be a mistake to assume that the drivers of growth and the conditions behind the common features of these megachurches are the same. Examining Jakarta, Surabaya, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila, we show that megachurches are not located in shopping malls and commercial complexes merely for growth purposes or to align with the consumerism ethos of capitalism. Deeply local concerns, such as hostile neighbourhoods dominated by Muslim or Catholic majorities, have led to the camouflaging of Christian symbols in urban settings. The purposeful targeting of youth also reveals the Southeast Asian megachurch engaging with the new urban mobilities triggered by rapid economic development. We conclude that the Southeast Asian city's structure and layout are being repurposed by Christian innovation and reinterpretation. Christianity in the Southeast Asian city is hidden in plain sight.
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Adedibu, Babatunde Aderemi. "Nigerian Pentecostal Megachurches and Development: A Diaconal Analysis of the Redeemed Christian Church of God." Religions 14, no. 1 (January 4, 2023): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14010070.

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The Nigerian social, public, political and religious landscapes have changed significantly over time with the emergence and proliferation of Pentecostal megachurches. The majority of these churches are structured and characterized with a peculiar missional focus, ritual, religious and ecclesiastical distinctiveness. Many of these Pentecostal megachurches have been criticized for their economic motivations, exploitation and commercialization of the Christian faith. However, Nigerian megachurches are ‘Progressive Pentecostals’ on the basis of their sustained commitment to diaconal services towards the development of their communities. Divergent views have emerged over time in relation to the nexus between religion and development. This study argues that religion is one of the motors of development in Africa; this challenges the Western secular framework of development. Hence, the study examines development from below, using the diaconal services of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), a Pentecostal megachurch that illustrates the importance of faith-based organizations’ roles in development. A descriptive research method is employed in the study with social capital theory and pneuma-diaconal mission theory to examine the concept of development from below. This study concludes that faith-based organizations such as the RCCG‘s social responsiveness contributes to the overall development of its various communities.
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Bauman, Chad M. "Global Megachurch Studies: The State, Evolution, and Maturation of a Field." Journal of World Christianity 12, no. 1 (January 2022): 113–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jworlchri.12.1.0113.

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Abstract Over the past decade, the field of megachurch studies has matured and become global in its scope and orientation. The number of texts produced on megachurches since 2010 is nearly triple the number produced before that date, and many of the newest texts decenter North America. Megachurch studies today, therefore, is a properly international and cosmopolitan field. The article has four interrelated aims: (1) to provide a thorough overview of major themes and work in megachurch studies, with special emphasis on works emerging in the last decade; (2) to update two excellent state-of-the-field reviews by Stephen Ellingson (in 2008 and 2010); (3) to make visible the now thoroughly global nature of the field by attending fully to its international focus, something done only briefly and tentatively in Ellingson’s reviews; and (4) to develop (in the ample footnotes) something of thorough bibliography of key texts in the field of megachurch studies.
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Fath, Sébastien. "Géopolitique des megachurches." Les Grands Dossiers des Sciences Humaines N°4, no. 9 (September 1, 2006): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/gdsh.432.0026.

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Bopp, Melissa, and Benjamin Webb. "Health Promotion in Megachurches." Health Promotion Practice 13, no. 5 (April 4, 2012): 679–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839911433466.

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Vermeer, Paul. "Church Growth and Appealing Sermons: A Case Study of a Dutch Megachurch." Journal of Empirical Theology 28, no. 1 (June 5, 2015): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15709256-12341322.

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Contrary to the ongoing trend of secularisation in the Netherlands, some religious congregations have instead experienced exceptional growth, and are currently reaching megachurch proportions. This paper focuses on one such thriving Dutch congregation, calledDoorbrekers(‘those who break through’), and sets out to account for its appeal and attractiveness by analysing sermons delivered by the pastors ofDoorbrekers; with the help of a topic list based on cultural-market and church-sect theory explanations for the emergence of megachurches. The intention is to answer the question of whether elements of both lines of explanation are present in the sermons delivered in this Dutch megachurch. Findings show that this is indeed partly the case. As it turns out, the sermons delivered inDoorbrekersoffer a unique blend of theological conservatism and a more modern emphasis on the individual. Thus, the conclusion is drawn thatDoorbrekersrepresents a new form of privatised and strict Protestantism, which seems to go rather well with certain developments in the Dutch religious landscape.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Megachurches"

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Wheeler, Meredith. "The Leadership Succession Process In Megachurches." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2008. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/12832.

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The purpose of this study is to examine the succession processes and experiences of senior pastors in megachurches. The term succession is used in the study to refer to the transition in which one leader leaves an organization and another one takes her/his place. The term process speaks of the sequence of individual and collective events, actions, and activities unfolding over time in context (Pettigrew, 1985). The term senior pastor is used to refer to the top leader in churches with multiple pastoral staff. The term megachurch is used here as a descriptive term to refer to Protestant churches with 2,000 or more attendees in their worship services each week (Thumma, 1996). Few changes have greater impact on an organization than the change of the senior leader. Historically, succession processes in churches have been disruptive events often leading to temporary or, in many cases, permanent decline (particularly when the predecessor led the church to a perhaps unprecedented time of growth). Succession was often an undiscussed matter until the departure of a predecessor. Since the proliferation of megachurches is a relatively new social phenomenon, little is known about the succession processes of senior pastors in these churches. This study on succession process seeks to address a gap in the literature regarding succession in megachurches by offering first- hand descriptive accounts by those who have lived through the succession process. Further, this study seeks to enrich the literature by seeking to integrate current leadership theory with this succession study. Examination of the processes of succession and the nature of the proposed research questions favor a qualitative approach methodologically. Since this is an attempt to holistically describe what is going on and to build a knowledge base for developing theory rather than test hypotheses, the methodology adopted needs to allow maximally for serendipitous discovery, description and explanation. This study proposes to describe, analyze and compare the succession processes and experiences of senior pastors in three megachurches through in-depth interviews with those most immersed in the succession process, through document review, archival review and through a basic organization profile survey.
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Lee, Yongsoo. "A Korean perspective on megachurches as missional churches." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46158.

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The megachurch and the missional church are on-going global phenomena. Under the premise that the church has to be missional, this dissertation analyses and describes if a megachurch can be missional in both theoretical and practical ways from a Korean perspective. The megachurch is not simply a very large church in membership or size of its building. It, by the influence of interaction of socio-cultural, historical and theological backgrounds, has its own missiological and ecclesiological perspectives. The megachurch understands that the growth of an individual church is the expansion of the kingdom of God, so that the church must be functional and structural to fulfil the church growth efficiently. Thus, it is a powerful tendency that can be found not only in large size churches, but from all churches trying to achieve by all means the quantitative growth of the church and world evangelisation, through the power and material obtained from growth. The Korean megachurches represented by the Poongsunghan Church obviously display the characteristics of this tendency. The missional church is not simply a mission-driven church sending many missionaries to other countries. It believes that all churches are sent to the world by God who wants to reconcile the whole universe to Him, so that the church has to restore its missional essence to participate in the mission of God wherever it is as the early church did. Thus, the missional church is a reforming movement to witness to God’s rule by recovering its apostolic nature. The characteristics of the movement is clearly activating in the Bundang Woori Church, one of the Korean missional churches. In this line of research, any churches that are not resisting the megachurch tendency cannot be missional. The Korean church, which is in crisis being marginalised from society, has to join the missional movement.
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Keck, Yana. "Denominational and Nondenominational Impact on Civic Participation of Megachurches." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1148306270.

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Thompson, Andrea. "Twitter Implementation Within Megachurches: An Examination of the Social Media's Effectiveness." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6367.

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This study identified what Twitter followers were discussing in reference to the top five megachurches in size. The methods utilized within this study involved an examination of all tweets hashtagging the top five megachurches over a sixteen day timeframe. The first research question was answered by categorizing tweets into predetermined content categories. This study also addressed the second research question by determining if Twitter implementation was beneficial in executing the missions of the top five megachurches. This question was answered by analyzing tweets using a five point Likert scale measuring how reflective each tweet was to the mission statement of each of the Top five megachurches. Ultimately, this study revealed that hashtagged tweets did reflect topics that are beneficial to each individual church's growth, however, tweets hashtagging the top three megachurches did not reflect the mission statements of each church. Therefore, this study concluded that Twitter implementation is beneficial to church growth because followers discuss topics relevant to the success of the church, however, Twitter may not be the most suitable social media platform for megachurches in their attempts to execute their mission statements.
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Communication
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Communication; Mass Communication Track
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Benson, Delvon A. "Black Religiosity: An Analysis of the Emergence and Growth of Black Megachurches." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1310143585.

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Amadi, Mark. "British-African Pentecostal megachurches and postmodern worship : comparative and contemporary influence and impact." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7039/.

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To what extent is British African Pentecostal Megachurch (BAPMC) a postmodern phenomenon, and has APMC influenced the western Pentecostal worship style in any way? The plethora of literature on Megachurches reveals a gap in knowledge about African Pentecostal Megachurch (APMC) worship and its influences, especially within the UK. Consequently, there is a need to research if the APMC worship concept is a postmodern phenomenon. This study seeks to investigate and determine if there is any influence and to what extent the African Pentecostal Megachurch is a postmodern phenomenon. To determine this, the study examines early African religion, missionary Christianity, African Instituted Churches, African Pentecostalism, transmigration and African immigration, the Black Church, African Diaspora and the Megachurch to give an understanding of African worship concept in comparison to what is obtainable today. A research methodology peculiar to this study was adopted, which involved using four APMCs in London as case studies to generate sufficient data to answer the research question along with existing literature and research projects by Megachurch experts. This study used the western contemporary culture (WCC) as a lens to view how these APMCs worship today compared to the African early worship styles and establishes that a relationship exists between the WCC and the APMCs’ worship concept; that WCC has influenced the APMC worship concept. Likewise, the western Pentecostal worship style has been influenced by African Pentecostal worship features. Throughout this thesis, the phrases ‘postmodernism’ and ‘WCC’ will be used interchangeably.
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English, Ashley E. "Megachurches and Economic Development: A Theoretical Understanding of Church Involvement at the Local Level." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc848127/.

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Why do megachurches participate in economic development, and who benefits from their participation? Frumkin's framework for understanding nonprofit and voluntary action and extra-role behavior are theories tested to answer these questions. My research employs a mixed-methods research design conducted in two phases. In phase one, I analyze 42 responses to an online survey to provide data about the prevalence and nature of economic development activities offered by megachurches in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Phase two involved 23 semi-structured telephone interviews with megachurch leadership to provide data that explains the rationale for why megachurches offer economic development activities and who benefits. Evidence from this research demonstrates that megachurches are participating in economic development for reasons consistent with both demand-side and supply-side arguments. Findings also show that megachurches take on extra-role behaviors for in response to community expectations and the values of members and staff. Implications for understanding partnership decisions and collaborations between faith-based organizations and local governments are discussed.
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Martin, Nancy J. "Small Groups in Big Churches." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193967.

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This dissertation advances our understanding of the structure of social relations between small groups and the larger organizations within which such groups are situated. Specifically, I examine structures of leadership and authority to gain an in-depth understanding of group organization in one nondenominational and one Southern Baptist megachurch. Methods include in-depth interviews with church clergy, staff, and group leaders; participant observation in groups and other church activities; and a written survey for group leaders. Using this combination of methods, I investigate how small groups are structured in terms of their connections to the megachurches within which they reside. I examine the extent to which the church staff provides oversight and exerts control over groups, and I connect variation on this dimension to how groups relate to their members and to the outside world.My findings include, first, that market metaphors permeate the organization of groups in these two megachurch organizations. The diffusion of ideas and practices from other institutional realms is notable in these two sites, and this may be true for megachurches more generally. Second, I argue that understanding strictness in religious groups is at least as much about the structure of relations between church leadership and membership as it is about beliefs. Third, small groups in megachurches look very much like small groups in American religion more generally, and church oversight may not make much difference in solving problems in small groups identified in previous research. Finally, I find that the level of oversight and control exerted by church leadership on the organization of groups may have a critical influence on the function of groups. Loose and tight connections appear to encourage a more outward and inward focus, respectively.Sociologists studying religious strictness or small groups in any setting should pay particular attention to the structure of relations connecting groups to the larger organizations within which they reside. Religious leaders interested in organizing groups of members should understand that the structure they create to connect with group leaders is at least as important as beliefs they teach leaders, in terms of influencing the focus of the groups.
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Johnson, Birgitta Joelisa. ""Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing" music and worship in African American megachurches of Los Angeles, California /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1579171881&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hall, Margaret, and N/A. "Today’s Song for Tomorrow’s Church: The Role Played by Contemporary Popular Music in Attracting Young People to Church." Griffith University. School of Popular Music, 2007. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070912.141700.

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This thesis is a phenomenology highlighting the phenomenon of declining youth attendance at mainstream churches where traditional church music is used in worship and the emergence of megachurches where young people are attending and contemporary popular styles of music is used in worship. An Australian Broadcasting Authority survey in 1999 revealed that music is a major influence in the lives of youth, assisting in their identity creation, in their making friends, and in relieving their stress. The survey also notes that youth prefer contemporary popular music and, in particular, rock. This is in stark contrast to the traditional music played and sung in mainstream churches, which tends to be neither meaningful nor relevant to youth, largely because they do not identify with it. An increasing proportion of youth are rejecting the mainstream traditional churches such as Anglican, Catholic, Baptist, Uniting Church. National Church Life Surveys in Australia show that by 2001, only fourteen percent of church attenders were young adults. Young non-attenders complained they found church services boring and unfulfilling. This declining youth membership does not auger well for the mainstream church’s future. It is clearly evident that, in Australian society a culture gap has emerged between the secular world and the mainstream Christian church. This thesis examines the role of contemporary popular music in attracting young people to church. Although, in comparatively recent times there has been some movement towards contemporizing worship services in mainstream churches, the change has met strong resistance, but that resistance is based on invalid arguments and the mainstream church is yet to respond effectively to the increasing culture gap and growing alienation of the young. Mainstream congregations are not adequately encouraged to participate in singing praise and thanks to God. Although the lyrics of songs that focus on thanks and praise can teach a Christian message, as well as promote an awareness of the presence of God, the importance of this aspect of worship appears to have been overlooked, even though music has always been a part of worship, with multiple biblical scriptures cementing its pivotal role. In 1980 twelve people began Christian City Church (CCC), a new church which was not one of the mainstream churches, with a vision to communicate the Christian message to the whole of Sydney. CCC used contemporary music as a vehicle to make their message relevant. That church has been strikingly successful, and had grown to five thousand members by 2004. This thesis focusses on a case study of the music of CCC to test a hypothesis that the use of contemporary popular styles of music, with a focus on thanks and praise, can play a significant role in attracting young people to join and remain as members, and that such music can be influential in communicating an experiential understanding of the Christian message. The aim of the case study was to discover whether the music was similar in style to young people’s preferred styles of music, whether they actively participated in its performance, whether it communicated to them, whether the lyrics conveyed a Christian message, and finally whether the congregation was both increasing and retaining young people as members. The songs examined in the study revealed that the music and paramusical aspects of the songs were similar to those of contemporary popular songs. The lyrics of the songs included themes of thanks and praise to God, and as such conveyed a Christian message. Thirty percent of the worship service was devoted to music praising God, and forty-nine percent of the church’s 5,000 members in 2004, were under twenty-five years. Further, the congregation participated enthusiastically in singing, an emphasis on belonging to small groups encouraged fellowship, and sermons addressed problems relevant to young people. It is proposed that CCC provides a pattern that mainstream churches could adapt, including the encouragement of congregational singing and worship, creation of effective small groups, relevant preaching, education opportunities, and culturally appropriate music. It is clear that contemporary and culturally appropriate music has played a significant and vital role in CCC’s successful development. To attract and retain youth membership, music needs to be contemporary, and culturally appropriate, thereby filling the gap between the secular world and the church. Contemporary popular music could provide today’s song for tomorrow’s church.
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Books on the topic "Megachurches"

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Megachurches & America's cities: How churches grow. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Book House, 1993.

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From mounds to megachurches: Georgia's religious heritage. Athens, Ga: University of Georgia Press, 2008.

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Moral ambition: Mobilization and social outreach in evangelical megachurches. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011.

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Pentecostalism, globalisation, and Islam in northern Cameroon: Megachurches in the making? Leiden: Brill, 2013.

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The ultimate church: An irreverent look at church growth, megachurches, & ecclesiastical show-biz. Grand Rapids, Mich: Zondervan Pub. House, 1991.

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Live long and prosper: How Black megachurches address HIV/AIDS and poverty in the age of prosperity theology. New York: Fordham University Press, 2013.

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Ellingson, Stephen. The Megachurch and the Mainline. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.

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The go-to church: Post megachurch growth. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2013.

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Guinness, Os. Dining with the devil: The megachurch movement flirts with modernity. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Book House, 1993.

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1961-, Travis Dave, ed. Beyond megachurch myths: What we can learn from America's largest churches. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Megachurches"

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Sircar, Atish, and Jennifer Rowley. "Social Media and Megachurches." In Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, 695–700. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45234-0_62.

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Ellingson, Stephen. "New Research on Megachurches." In The New Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Religion, 245–66. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444320787.ch11.

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Chaves, Mark. "All Creatures Great and Small: Megachurches in Context." In Sociology of Religion, 18–27. 3rd Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2018. | Revised edition of Sociology of religion, c2011.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315177458-3.

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Tucker-Worgs, Tamelyn. "Black Megachurches and the Paradox of Black Progress." In The Black Church Studies Reader, 189–203. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137534552_18.

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Han, Ju Hui Judy. "7. Urban Megachurches and Contentious Religious Politics in Seoul." In Handbook of Religion and the Asian City, edited by Peter van der Veer, 133–51. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520961081-009.

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Chong, Terence. "Of Riches and Faith: The Prosperity Gospels of Megachurches in Singapore." In New Religiosities, Modern Capitalism, and Moral Complexities in Southeast Asia, 147–68. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2969-1_7.

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Wellman, James K., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate J. Stockly. "Dissecting Megachurch Scandals." In High on God, 189–214. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199827718.003.0014.

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This chapter examines the dark side of megachurches by quantifying and theorizing megachurch scandals. We collected data on megachurch scandals and identified fifty-six such scandals discussed in forty-eight online newspaper articles for the years 2006 to 2017. Most of the scandals that we studied came from the malfeasance of megachurch senior pastors, and the vast majority were sexual in nature. The charismatic bond that megachurch pastors form with their attendees and the power that stems from it can be used for their own personal gain. We theorize a form of soft patriarchalism as a way to name this power differential. We contend that the model of soft patriarchalism gives power to men and creates opportunities for them to manipulate and ruin the lives of women under their care. These scandals often lead to the implosion of megachurches, where the charismatic bond between the pastor and congregation is irrevocably broken.
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Wellman, James K., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate J. Stockly. "Megachurch: An American Original (Almost)." In High on God, 37–62. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199827718.003.0005.

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Megachurches are not a new phenomenon; in fact, they have been around for a long time in some form. We trace their history back to the beginning of the Christian faith and describe their trajectory through key historical figures, examining how the Wesley brothers, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, D. L. Moody, Charles Grandison Finney, Russell H. Conwell, and Aimee Semple McPherson produced and nurtured megachurch forms. We describe and argue that Christian churches, and megachurches in particular, are particularly potent in illumining American religious history, and that congregational studies reveal and explain core attributes of American social life.
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Wellman, James K., Katie E. Corcoran, and Kate J. Stockly. "Desire for Purpose in Service." In High on God, 153–70. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199827718.003.0012.

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In this chapter, we demonstrate how megachurches provide individuals with purpose through service. The genius in megachurch socialization is that it not only encourages service to others, but also conceptually roots this service as an expression of one’s “gifts.” It makes individuals feel as though their service—their gifts—are specifically and uniquely needed. Encouraging their attendees to engage in service results in a community overflowing with ministries for members and the community. Megachurches are like small towns—communities that welcome all and where every conceivable form of care is given, which includes hospital clinics for “every sinner and sickness.”
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"Megachurches in Canada." In Handbook of Megachurches, 269–83. BRILL, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004412927_014.

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Conference papers on the topic "Megachurches"

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Wyche, Susan P., Yevgeniy Medynskiy, and Rebecca E. Grinter. "Exploring the use of large displays in american megachurches." In CHI '07 extended abstracts. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1240866.1241077.

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Codone, Susan K. "Megachurch website design: Faith-based expressions of organizational identity and purpose." In 2012 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC 2012). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ipcc.2012.6408649.

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