I figured it would be New England (3 out of 4 here), it has been pretty spiritually dead for a prolonged period now. Although they do have all those pretty old white Congregational churches which are still good for rummage sales, art shows and the like.
I’m not sure I would measure the presence or absence of spiritual life by the number of megachurches in a state, but it was pretty much a no-brainer that some New England states would predominate in the answer.
“Mega-” is a relative term, and “mega-” in Maine might not mean numbers as high as someplace like Atlanta, GA. By Maine standards, this church, in a remote town northwest of Bangor, qualifies as a megachurch:
“Only 21 percent of megachurches were founded in the last 20 years….” Well, in our diocese, I think we have founded one new parish in the past 50 years, and that was in 1980.
I don’t normally like to brag — but I nailed all four states.
I figured it would be New England (3 out of 4 here), it has been pretty spiritually dead for a prolonged period now. Although they do have all those pretty old white Congregational churches which are still good for rummage sales, art shows and the like.
I’m not sure I would measure the presence or absence of spiritual life by the number of megachurches in a state, but it was pretty much a no-brainer that some New England states would predominate in the answer.
“Mega-” is a relative term, and “mega-” in Maine might not mean numbers as high as someplace like Atlanta, GA. By Maine standards, this church, in a remote town northwest of Bangor, qualifies as a megachurch:
http://charlestonchurch.net/
Just one example.
Puer nobis nascitur. Pax Christi!
Chuck Bradshaw
formerly of Hulls Cove, Maine
now praying in Mityana, Uganda
“Only 21 percent of megachurches were founded in the last 20 years….” Well, in our diocese, I think we have founded one new parish in the past 50 years, and that was in 1980.