Whilst looking for the Route 66 turn off the Interstate I-44, you crest a hill & you are confronted by a colossal white cross.
The cross is in the parking lot of the "LifeChurch" Edmond campus.
& can be viewed for free during daylight hours.
This Mega Church is one church in 24 multiple locations & growing.
The Life.Church headquarters is in Edmund, Oklahoma.
Ranked number five in the USA by attendances, but the Online services from Edmond, OK. are viewed by over 200,000 weekly.
From the Newsmax Website:
"Life.Church, Oklahoma City, Okla. — Life.Church is actually the largest church in America, yet you probably wouldn't even know it. But that’s how they like it. The facility's weekly attendance across its nationwide campuses regularly pushes 100,000 people, and its “online church” at least doubles that. Life.Church has foregone the trappings of traditional television and radio ministries and opted for the Internet. Its brainchild, called the You Version Bible app, has been downloaded nearly 200 million times. The church is most famous for two things: its abundant generosity and its contentment with not being famous. Yet, in sheer numbers, no church reaches more people weekly than Life.Church, and none is more content to do it entirely under the radar." Text Source: (
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Senior pastor - Craig Groeschel:
" Craig (born December 2, 1967) is the founder & senior pastor of Life.Church which is considered the largest church in the United States with twenty five locations in seven states. He is married to Amy and has six children. They live in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where Life.Church is based."
According to Newsmax website, Life.Church is listed on the top 50 churches of America in 2015, being the largest church with approximately 100,000 people attending weekly" Text Source: (
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History: Of Life Church from Wikipedia:
"In January 1996, Life.Church began in Oklahoma City with 40 congregants meeting together "in a two-car garage, equipped with just a borrowed overhead projector and two construction lights purchased at Lowe's for $19.99." From 1996 to 1999 the church membership grew rapidly. During this time, Life.Church acquired its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus"). In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma joined with Life.Church, effectively making it a multi-site church. Following the success of the additional location, the church launched campuses in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2002, and these new campuses began incorporating satellite video teaching into their services.
Life.Church opened an additional campus in OKC, the South Oklahoma City Campus, in Spring 2005. In February 2006, Life.Church introduced a campus in Fort Worth, Texas. In April, the church established its "Internet Campus," which broadcasts weekly, interactive worship services live over the internet. In July, the church also launched a new campus in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Easter Sunday, 2007, Life.Church began broadcasting from their new campus in the online game Second Life.
Life.Church also decided to do away with "church membership", deciding instead to encourage people to become "partners" in helping lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. The church has developed a Bible application for mobile phones, YouVersion. Introduced in 2008, it has been described as "[t]he world's most popular Bible program for mobile phones."
Life.Church features a casual dress code and most attendees wear jeans and casual clothing, the worship service includes refreshments before and after the services, music style is pop-rock and praise-worship, with the performances amplified concert style and lyrics shown on projector." Text Source: (
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Address: 4600 East 2nd St., Edmond, OK. USA.