THE WORLD BIGGEST MEGA CHURCH

THE WORLD BIGGEST MEGA CHURCH.

The subway preachers and door-knockers must be

doing a reasonable trade though because the world’s

biggest megachurch is the Yoido Full Gospel Church in

Seoul. Boasting around one million members, this

congregation dwarfs anything in the United States. It

seats 26,000 people (plus the thousands who watch

the services on giant screens from neighbouring

buildings) and the church’s seven Sunday services

claim to attract over 250,000 people weekly.

members every week.

Amazingly, this church held its first service less than 60 years ago (May, 1958) in the loungeroom of one of

its two original pastors. The service was attended by

four people – three were the daughters of one of the

pastors, plus one passing woman who came in seeking

shelter from the rain.

Through tireless door-knocking and public service, the

church slowly began to grow. Soon a tent was erected

to accommodate the congregation. Then bigger tents.

Then a building was required. By 1977, almost 20

years after the first service, the church had 50,000

members. Then the congregation exploded. The Yoido

Full Gospel Church has since acquired, on average,

just over 500 new members each week… for the last

36 years.

South Korea provides the 2nd largest number

of Christian Missionaries, only surpassed by

the United States. (Consider that the

population of South Korea is 49 million and

the US is 302 million…)

Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, is Pastored by David Yonggi Cho, 79, who has been in ministry for over 50 years.