page_title: Worship service (evangelicalism)
section_title: Megachurches
hierarchical_section_title: Worship service (evangelicalism) / Places of worship / Megachurches
caption_attribution_description: Español: Culto en El Lugar de Su Presencia, 2019
context_page_description: In evangelical Christianity, a worship service is a time when believers meet to praise, worship, pray to God and receive a teaching based on the Bible. It can take place with the church or with the family. Meetings can be held on weekdays, but Sundays have a special connotation.
context_section_description: Worship services take on impressive proportions in the megachurches (churches where more than 2,000 people gather every Sunday. In some of these megachurches, more than 10,000 people gather every Sunday. The term gigachurch is sometimes used. For example, Lakewood Church (United States) or Yoido Full Gospel Church (South Korea).
caption: Worship at El Lugar de Su Presencia, affiliated with Hillsong Family, in Bogota, in Colombia, 2019
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