List of churches by attendance

This is a list of churches by attendance. Figures are from a 2005 study by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. The figures used in the study are self-reported by individual churches which responded to the survey and are meant to show the average weekly attendance at regular worship services over a sustained time period.

1. Guiding Light Church: Nondenominational: 4,000
2. First Baptist Church Gardendale: Southern Baptist: 3,800
3. Briarwood Presbyterian Church: Presbyterian Church of America: 3,700
4. Cathedral of the Cross: Assemblies of God: 3,500
5. Hunter Street Baptist Church: Southern Baptist: 3,500
6. Church at Brook Hills: Southern Baptist: 3,000
7. 6th Avenue Baptist Church: Baptist: 2,600
8. Dawson Memorial Baptist Church: Southern Baptist: 2,500
9. Shades Mountain Baptist Church: Southern Baptist: 2,500
10. Church of the Highlands: Nondenominational: 2,000

References

• Hartford Institute for Religion Research (2006) "Database of Megachurches in the U.S." - accessed November 19, 2006