Life.Church
American evangelical megachurch
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Life.Church (pronounced "Life Church", formerly known as LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church, and Life Church) is an evangelical Christian multi-site megachurch based in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church. Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church. Weekly attendance was 85,000 people in 2025. The church is known for its YouVersion ministry, which publishes the Bible App.
| Life.Church | |
|---|---|
A Life.Church location in Oklahoma City | |
| Location | Edmond, Oklahoma based with 45 physical campuses and Church Online |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Evangelicalism |
| Associations | Evangelical Covenant Church |
| Weekly attendance | 85,000 |
| Website | life.church |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Craig Groeschel |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor | Craig Groeschel |
History
In January 1996, Life.Church was founded as Life Covenant Church in Oklahoma City with 40 congregants meeting together in a two-car garage.[1] The church membership grew rapidly, and Life.Church built its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus") in 1999.[2]
In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma merged with Life.Church, effectively making it a multi-site church.[3] With this merger, they changed their name, combining Life Covenant Church with MetroChurch to arrive at the name "LifeChurch". Following the multi-site services, the church launched campuses in Tulsa and Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2003, with these new campuses incorporating satellite video teaching into their services.[4]
Life.Church opened an additional campus in Oklahoma City, the South Oklahoma City Campus, in Spring 2005.[5] In February 2006, Life.Church introduced a campus in Fort Worth, Texas, its 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]
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] In November 2018, CBS News listed Life.Church as the third largest megachurch in the United States with about 30,000 weekly visitors. The church claims to reach about 300,000 people online every week.[14]
According to a church census published in 2024, the church had a weekly attendance of 76,000 people. In 2025, weekly attendance was at 85,000 across 46 locations. [15]
Beliefs
The Church has an evangelical confession of faith and is a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church.[16]
See also
