These types of churches are known chiefly for their size. The Cathedral boasts a membership of 1900 people, with 30,000 people on a regular mailing list. Whosoever had a chance to talk with the Cathedral's Senior Pastor Michael Piazza about his church's success, and the future that lies before it. Some reports have suggested that it's because Dallas is in the Bible Belt, but there are a lot of cities in the Bible Belt with large gay and lesbian communities that do not have churches as large. People do value church here, but because this is the Bible Belt, people who come here, like school teachers, risk losing their jobs.
Some teachers sing in the choir every week and our services are televised.
They literally risk their jobs to be able to sing in the choir. We have had people lose their jobs because they go to church here. So the Bible Belt cuts both ways. People give me a lot of credit for it, but I'm not sure that's it either. Except, in as much as, it has been a good marriage between a church and a pastor.