Largest Protestant Christian Mega-Churches in LA County

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Largest Protestant Christian Churches in Los Angeles County

Congregation	City	Affiliation	Average Attendance
The Dream Center (Los Angeles International Church)	Los Angeles	Nondenominational	35,000
Crenshaw Christian Center	Los Angeles	Nondenominational	16,000
Los Angeles Church of Christ	Los Angeles	International Church of Christ	15,000
West Angeles Church of God in Christ	Los Angeles	Church of God in Christ	13,000
Grace Community Church	Sun Valley	Nondenominational	10,000
Faithful Central Missionary Baptist Church	Inglewood	Missionary Baptist	8,000
The Church on the Way	Van Nuys	Four Square	8,000
Ward African Methodist Episcopal Church	Los Angeles	African Methodist Episcopal	8,000
Calvary Chapel	Downey	Calvary Chapel	7,000
First African Methodist Episcopal Church	Los Angeles	African Methodist Episcopal	6000
Calvary Chapel Golden Springs	Diamond Bar	Calvary Chapel	5,000

Source: Hartford Institute for Religion Research

Founded in 1903, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood became the largest Protestant congregation in North America during the mid-20th Century. This was attributed to the leadership of exceptional pastors such as Dr. Stuart MacLennan (1921-1940), Dr. Louis Evans (1941-1952) and Dr. Ray Lindquist (1953-1972) and renowned Sunday School curriculum pioneer and church Christian Education Director, Dr. Henrietta Mears. Dr. Mears was named one of the outstanding religious leaders of the 20th century by Christianity Today magazine. On a side note, Dr. Mears was also credited with saving the church from original plans to build the Hollywood Freeway directly through the church property in the 1940s. She successfully lobbied to get the freeway to curve around the church (thus the subsequent "bow" in the freeway between Franklin and Sunset).

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