Trends · data through July 2026

Christian Place of Worships in the United States

Iceflower tracks 1,833 stores from 1,454 christian place of worships chains in the United States. Lighthouse Church grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Calvary Church and Good Hope.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
1,454
Tracked stores
1,833
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked christian place of worships chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Lighthouse Church and Calvary Church sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 L Lighthouse Church ▲2 +18.4%
2 C Calvary Church ▲2 +17.2%
3 G Good Hope ▲6 +13.8%
4 C Crossroad Baptist Church ▲3 +12.9%
5 C Celebration Church logo Celebration Church ▲5 +9.1%
6 J Journey Church ▲5 +7.9%
7 U Universal - +3.1%
8 C Cornerstone Church ▲1 +2.8%
9 T The Chapel ▲1 +1.9%
10 F Friendship House ▲2 +0.1%
11 F First Baptist Church ▲2 -2.6%
12 D Destination Church - -3.4%
13 C Crossroads Church ▲1 -3.6%
14 L Life Church logo Life Church ▲3 -3.6%
15 C Christ Church ▲1 -6.2%
  • Universal
  • ONE North
  • Wild horse pass
  • Crossroad Baptist Church
  • Crossroads Baptist Church
  • City of Grace
  • Church of God State Office
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

1,833 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Universal (4)
  • ONE North (4)
  • Wild horse pass (1)
  • Crossroad Baptist Church (3)
  • Crossroads Baptist Church (20)
  • City of Grace (6)
  • Church of God State Office (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 C Crossroads Baptist Church 20
  • 2 I Iglesia Universal 17
  • 3 T The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints logo The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 12
  • 4 T The Bridge 10
  • 5 C Crossroads Church 10
  • 6 F First Baptist Church 9
  • 7 C Calvary Church 9
  • 8 G Grace Church 9
  • 9 A Awaken Church logo Awaken Church 7
  • 10 T The Center 7
  • 11 J Journey Church 7
  • 12 H Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 7
  • 13 T The Rock Church 6
  • 14 N New Life Church 6
  • 15 C City of Refuge 6
  • 16 C City of Grace 6
  • 17 C Community Church 6
  • 18 L LifePoint Church logo LifePoint Church 5
  • 19 D Discovery Church 5
  • 20 T The Bridge Church 5
  • 21 C Cross Church 5
  • 22 L Lighthouse Church 5
  • 23 C Christ Church 5
  • 24 C Cornerstone Church 5
  • 25 C Celebration Church logo Celebration Church 5
  • 26 L Liberty Church 4
  • 27 F Freedom Church 4
  • 28 C Crossroads Christian Church 4
  • 29 H Harvest Church 4
  • 30 O ONE North 4
  • 31 U Universal 4
  • 32 S Summit Church 3
  • 33 D Destination Church 3
  • 34 V Victory Church 3
  • 35 T The Chapel 3
  • 36 C Covenant Church 3
  • 37 F Friendship House 3
  • 38 S Sunrise Church logo Sunrise Church 3
  • 39 L Life Church logo Life Church 3
  • 40 S Sagebrush Church logo Sagebrush Church 3
  • 41 T The Life Church logo The Life Church 3
  • 42 C Crossroad Baptist Church 3
  • 43 R Radiant Church logo Radiant Church 3
  • 44 T Transformation Church 3
  • 45 G Good Hope 3
  • 46 C Central Church 3
  • 47 G Grace Fellowship Church 2
  • 48 L Living Word Christian Center 2
  • 49 F First Church 2
  • 50 H Highview Baptist Church logo Highview Baptist Church 2

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