Number of megachurches in California, Texas, and Florida as of 2001: 289
Percentage of megachurches that cite the Bible and personal experience as most important authority in their congregation’s worship and teaching: 80.4
Percentage of megachurches that cite human reasoning and understanding as most important authority in their congregation’s worship and teaching: 0
Percentage of megachurches in or around a city of 50,000-250,000+: 88.8
Percentage of megachurches that claim they are in need of more space for parking: 64.6
Percentage of megachurches that emphasize abstaining from premarital sex a “great deal” or “quite a bit”: 81.7
Percentage of senior pastors of megachurches who are male: 99.3
Percentage of megachurches that operate a Christian elementary or secondary school: 41.7
Percentage of megachurches that have “none,” “hardly any,” or “few” attendees with household incomes below $20,000: 91.7
Percentage of regularly participating adult megachurch attendees who are white: 79.5
Percentage of megachurches which give sermons on stewardship in order to encourage financial giving: 92.6
Average income of each megachurch in 2000: $4.8 million
Number of communion cups that the “Greenlee Communion Dispensing Machine” (designed for megachurches) can fill in 2 seconds: 40
Number of toilets at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville Kentucky: 402
