Large churches where thousands of people attend church in the metro Washington DC area
Maryland
- Bridgeway Community Church bridgeway.cc (Columbia)
- Church of the Redeemer church-redeemer.org (Gaithersburg)
- Covenant Life Church covlife.org (Gaithersburg)
- Zion Church zionchurchonline.com (Landover)
- Hope Christian Church thehopeconnection.org (Beltsville)
- Celebration Church wininlife.com (Columbia)
- Immanuel’s Church immanuels.org (Silver Spring)
- First Baptist Church of Glenarden fbcglenarden.org (Upper Marlboro)
- Fourth Presbyterian Church 4thpres.org (Bethesda)
- Cedar Ridge Community Church crcc.org (Spencerville)
- Community of Hope AME Church hiphopenation.com (Hillcrest Heights)
- Mount Ennon Baptist Church mtennon.org (Clinton)
- Global Mission Church of Greater Washington gmcusa.org (Silver Spring)
- Sligo Seventh Day Adventist (Tacoma Park)
- Ark of Safety Christian Church (Upper Marlboro)
- From the Heart Church Ministries (Temple Hills)
- Bethel World Outreach Church (Silver Spring)
- First Baptist Church of Guilford (Columbia)
- Soul Factory (Forestville)
- National Church of God (Fort Washington)
- Grace Community Church (Fulton)
- Woodstream Church (Mitchellville)
- The Sanctuary (Capitol Heights)
- Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal (Fort Washington)
- Spirit of Faith Christian Center (Temple Hills)
- Evangel Cathedral (Upper Marlboro)
Northern Virginia
- New Life Christian Church newlife.church (Chantilly + Bristow, VA)
- McLean Bible Church mcleanbible.org (Vienna VA++)
- Grace Covenant Church gracecov.org (Chantilly + Sterling VA)
- Immanuel Bible Church immanuelbible.church (Springfield VA)
- Reston Bible Church restonbible.org (Dulles VA)
- The Falls Church Anglican tfcanglican.org (Falls Church VA)
- Fairfax Community Church fairfax.cc (Fairfax VA)
- Open Door Presbyterian Church odpcec.org (Herndon VA)
- First Mount Zion Baptist Church firstmountzionbc.org (Dumfries VA)
- Alfred Street Baptist Church alfredstreet.org (Alexandria VA)
- Christian Fellowship Church cfellowshipc.org (Ashburn VA)
- Antioch Baptist Church antioch-church.org (Fairfax Station)
- Christ Chapel christchapellife.org (Woodbridge)
- Grace Church gracechurchva.org (Dumfries)
- Korean Central Presbyterian Church kcpc.org (Centreville)
- Harvest Life Changers Church harvestlife.org (Woodbridge)
Washington DC (District of Columbia)
- National Community Church national.cc (Washington DC++)
- National Cathedral nationalcathedral.org
- National Presbyterian Church nationalpres.org
- Metropolitan Baptist Church
- International Ethiopian Evangelical Church
- Family Church of America
- Shiloh Baptist Church
- Temple of Praise
- Saint Columba’s Episcopal Church
- Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church
- Rhema Christian Center Church
- Bible Way Temple
* based on data from HIRR hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega/db.pl?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&sb=5
[update November 2015] also see this list of Churches in Montgomery County, Maryland aka MoCo, mostly less larger ones
[update December 2016] 2 curated lists = 16 Washington DC Historic Churches (tripsavvy.com) + Washington, D.C.’s Most Interesting Churches (Folashade Oyegbola @ CBS DC)
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10 responses to “Most popular churches in the metro Washington DC area”
Hey DJ! Would love to see Grace Covenant Church added to this list. We have about 2500 in weekend services, located in Chantilly and Sterling, Va. gracecov.org
Hi Caroline, added Grace Covenant Church to the list, at the top too 🙂
Hi DJ,
Thanks so much for the list of WDC churches. I’m trying to find the best way to get out an invitation to a Michael, Jr. concert on July 18th. Is there an easier way to contact these churches without having to go to every website to get their address or email?
Hi Ted, it doesn’t get much easier than having this list of churches to build a contact list from. 🙂
Hi DJ
We are the Eagle Empowerment Group, and we’re hosting an empowerment event in Gaithersburg Maryland at the Hilton on Saturday May 3rd… Our keynote speaker will be world renowned leadership expert and NY Times Best-seller author, Dr. Myles Munroe of the Bahamas Faith Ministries International… Early registrants will receive a Bahamas cruise for two… is there any quick strategy that we could use to get the word out here so that people will know about this event?
Mt. Ennon Baptist church has a website (since 2012 http://www.mtennon.org/), and 3 live streaming services on Sundays (7:30, 9:30 and 11:30). Also here’s the youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/MTENNON?feature=mhum.
Hi DJ,
Can you add New Life Christian Church http://newlife4me.com/ (Chantilly + Bristow, VA)
Grace Covenant Church should be corrected to (Chantilly + Sterling, VA)
McLean Bible Church should list (Vienna, VA; Leesburg, VA; Manassas, VA; Arlington, VA; Bethesda, MD; Silver Spring, MD)
Hey DJ. I’d love to see The Table Church in Washington, DC added. Thanks! thetablechurchdc.org
Hey, D.J.,
Bringing a group of seniors to DC next month. Any contemporary worship services like Andy Stanley or Rick Warren models? Any well-known pastors in suburbs, particularly in northern VA not too far from DC. We will be staying in Arlington. Even a blended worship style would be good.
A.J.
the destination church to experience is National Community Church theaterchurch.com