Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large, usually nondenominational worship group, especially one formed as an offshoot of a Protestant church.
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- noun A
church with an atypically largecongregation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But living in the buckle of the Bible Belt in the Ozark mountains, I can say unequivocally that something is very disturbing about what I call the megachurch culture prevalent in the south ...
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But living in the buckle of the Bible Belt in the Ozark mountains, I can say unequivocally that something is very disturbing about what I call the megachurch culture prevalent in the south ...
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But living in the buckle of the Bible Belt in the Ozark mountains, I can say unequivocally that something is very disturbing about what I call the megachurch culture prevalent in the south ...
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But living in the buckle of the Bible Belt in the Ozark mountains, I can say unequivocally that something is very disturbing about what I call the megachurch culture prevalent in the south ...
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ATLANTA — A fourth young male member of Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch is suing the prominent pastor, claiming Long coerced him into a sexual relationship.
Eddie Long, Atlanta Bishop, Accused Of Sexual Abuse By 4th Male Parishioner AP 2010
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An early example of what has become known as a megachurch, the Cathedral at Chapel Hill reached its peak membership in the 1980s and '90s, when the congregation grew to 10,000 or more.
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s megachurch is suing the prominent pastor, claiming Long coerced him into a sexual relationship ....
Eddie Long, Atlanta Bishop, Accused Of Sexual Abuse By 4th Male Parishioner AP 2010
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The shimmering, glass-walled megachurch is home to the “Hour of Power” broadcast, an evangelism staple that’s been on the air for more than three decades.
Robert Schuller’s televangelism empire in chaos over family split 2009
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Willis’s depiction of a drab, dull, future megachurch is a representation of a misuse of the word.
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Willis’s depiction of a drab, dull, future megachurch is a representation of a misuse of the word.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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