of their membership as a result their creations mega churches both fit their message of a practical no-nonsense religion that resonated with their experiences and those flocking to hear the message both the message and the form fit the constituency another reason people are drawn to the megachurches is that many of the congregants were probably born in a large hospital attend large universities and went to rock concerts the setting is familiar and comfortable sure finding a parking spot and having to walk to a venue may be a pain but if members of a congregation work in an office park then it's no different megachurch advertisements have even said as much the difference is worth the distance have you noticed how far you have to travel in this metropolitan area to get to a shopping center or grocery store school or post office doctor or mechanic our membership assembles from a radius of NUMBER_TOKEN miles someone near you worships here the road to the house of a friend is never very long mega churches are also bound to have something for any member of their congregation whether that's the daycare the school the support system they fulfill those needs plus with their thousands of members on high visibility they send the message that religion and christianity are alive and thriving what christian wouldn't want to be a part of that movement when the world around them appears to become more and more what they consider more secular however you personally feel about mega churches i think it's easy to see why they appeal to so many evangelical and fundamentalist christians as i've said before i don't really care what you believe so long as it doesn't hurt anyone unfortunately mega churches have been known to create a ripe environment for scams corruption and even abuse so we're going to start by taking a look at some of the more infamous scams first
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