Large Churches and Missional Centers | Nazarene Presence in the Front Range Megaregion (1903-2018)

There is only one Nazarene church on the Front Range megaregion that has over 1,000 in worship attendance--Denver First with 1,309. The second highest worship attendance is also in the Denver metro in the suburb of Westminister at a church called The Crossing with 707. Here's the kicker:

One of every 4 worship attenders are in these two churches during a typical worship gathering. And, one-fourth of the total Nazarene membership in this megaregion is also found in these two churches.

About half of the churches on this megaregion (46%) run below 45 in average worship attendance. 

There are 14 churches that average more than 150 in worship attendance (including the two mentioned above). Let this figure settle into your missional thinking for a moment. Remember this megeragion has 5.5 million people (and will grow to 10.2 million in three decades).

87 churches reported attendance more than zero in 2017.

Pueblo, Colorado is the geographic center of this megaregion (if we extend this area south to El Paso).

Resources

• Other Megaregions