Warren: Megachurches, Multi-Site Venues Are Biblical
"Christianity for 2,000 years has had large churches, including the very first one," the Saddleback Church pastor said Wednesday during a four-day conference. "The first church in Jerusalem was five times bigger than Saddleback."
Most Bible scholars say the first church grew from 120 to over 100,000 people within 20 years, Warren noted.
"So the very first church was a megachurch," he highlighted, as he accused those who say the megachurch era will die out of not knowing church history.