Life Church

Life.
Church
Life.Church (pronounced "Life Church", formerly known as
Life.Church
LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church, and Life Church) is a non-
denominational evangelical Christian multi-site megachurch based
in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America. It is affiliated
with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Craig Groeschel is the Location Edmond, OK
founder and senior pastor of Life.Church. Weekly church based with 37
attendance was 85,000 people in 2018. The church is known for physical
its YouVersion ministry, which publishes the Bible App. campuses and
Church Online
History Country United States
Denomination Evangelicalism
In January 1996, Life.Church was founded as Life Covenant
Associations Evangelical
Church in Oklahoma City with 40 congregants meeting together in
Covenant Church
a two-car garage.[1] The church membership grew rapidly, and
Life.Church built its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma Weekly 85,000
City Campus") in 1999.[2] attendance
Website www.life.church (h
In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church
ttp://www.life.churc
in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma merged with Life.Church,
h)
effectively making it a multi-site church.[3] With this merger, they
changed their name, combining Life Covenant Church with History
MetroChurch to arrive at the name "LifeChurch". Following the Status Active
multi-site services, the church launched campuses in Tulsa and
Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2003, with these new campuses Founded 1996
incorporating satellite video teaching into their services.[4] Founder(s) Craig Groeschel
Clergy
Life.Church opened an additional campus in Oklahoma City, the
South Oklahoma City Campus, in Spring 2005.[5] In February Senior Craig Groeschel
2006, Life.Church introduced a campus in Fort Worth, Texas, its pastor(s)
first location outside Oklahoma. In April 2006, the church
established its "Internet Campus"[6] which broadcasts weekly,
interactive worship services live over the internet.
On Easter Sunday, 2007, Life.Church began broadcasting from

their new campus in the online game Second Life.[7] Also in 2007,
Life.Church opened campuses in northwest Oklahoma City,
another in Wellington, Florida in 2012 and in Albany, New York in
2016.[8] [9] [10] States where Life.Church has active
churches
In 2012, the church had more than 26,000 members.[11]
In 2015, the church had 15 campuses in different American

states.[12]
In 2018, the church claimed to have 85,000 members and had opened 30 campuses in different cities.[13]
Beliefs
The Church has an evangelical confession of faith and is a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
[14]
See also
List of the largest evangelical churches
List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
Worship service (evangelicalism)
References
1. KFOR, Life Church in Edmond named 3rd largest church in America (https://kfor.com/news/lif
e-church-in-edmond-named-3rd-largest-church-in-america/), kfor.com, USA, October 13,
2017
2. Carla Hinton, Life.Church celebrates its 20th anniversary (https://oklahoman.com/article/547
1423/lifechurch-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary?), oklahoman.com, USA, January 10, 2016
3. Tamie Ross, MetroChurch members OK Life Church merger (https://oklahoman.com/article/2
726022/metrochurch-members-ok-life-church-merger), oklahoman.com, USA, January 8,
2001
4. Bob Smietana; Rebecca Barnes (September 2005). "High-Tech Circuit Riders" (http://www.c
hristianitytoday.com/ct/2005/009/24.60.html). Christianity Today. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
5. Banerjee, Neela (September 2006). "Intimate Confessions Pour Out on Church's Web Site"
(https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D14F9355A0C728CDDA00894DE404
482&showabstract=1). The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
6. "Faces of Faith: A passion to bring people to Christ" (http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/
Faces-of-Faith-A-passion-to-bring-people-to-10993781.php). Times Union. Retrieved
2017-08-30.
7. Stephanie Simon (April 8, 2007). "It's Easter; shall we gather at the desktops? / Virtual
houses of worship await you online in Second Life" (https://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/08/
nation/na-virtual8). Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
8. "Life.Church Northwest Oklahoma City makes a move" (https://oklahoman.com/article/55281
79/lifechurch-northwest-oklahoma-city-makes-a-move?). oklahoman.com. 2016-11-26.
Retrieved 2017-08-30.
9. "LifeChurch.tv Members Chip in $6M for New Campus in Fla" (http://www.christianpost.com/
news/lifechurch-tv-members-chip-in-6m-for-new-campus-in-fla-68154/).
www.christianpost.com. January 28, 2012. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
10. "Life.Church opens new building in Latham" (http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Life-Ch
urch-opens-new-building-in-Latham-10799100.php). Times Union. December 15, 2016.
Retrieved 2017-08-30.
11. Justin G. Wilford, Sacred Subdivisions: The Postsuburban Transformation of American
Evangelicalism, NYU Press, USA, 2012, p. 169
12. Todd M. Kerstetter, Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West, John Wiley &
Sons, USA, 2015, p. 241
13. Michael Gryboski, Life.Church Has Grown to 30 Campuses and 85,000 Attendees (https://w
ww.christianpost.com/news/life-church-has-grown-to-30-campuses-and-85000-attendees.ht
ml), christianpost.com, USA, September 12, 2018
14. Life.Church, Our beliefs (https://www.life.church/who-we-are/our-beliefs/), life.church, USA,
retrieved August 8, 2020
External links
Official website (http://www.life.church/)
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