American Baptist evangelical Christian pastor, author, Larry Stevens “Steven” Furtick Jr., is the founder and senior pastor of Elevation Church, based in Charlotte.
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He is also an award-winning songwriter of Elevation Worship.
What Religion Is Elevation Church?
Elevation Church is Southern Baptist. Its Pastor Steven Furtick graduated from a Southern Baptist seminary.
Elevation was planted with seed money from Southern Baptists. And Elevation gives money to Southern Baptist missions.
What Denomination Is Elevation Church?
Elevation Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch pastored by Steven Furtick, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Weekly church attendance was 27,408 people in 2021. Elevation has 23 locations.
On February 5, 2006, the first Sunday worship service, 121 people attended. By 2013, the church’s regular attendance had grown to nearly 15,000 people weekly.
According to a 2018 church census, it claimed a weekly attendance of 25,317 people and 16 campuses in different cities.
Since 2006, Elevation Church has given more than $10 million.
In 2011, a partnership with Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was established to give 100,000 hours and $750,000 to serve the Charlotte people in “The Orange Initiative.” In 2012, the church completed The Orange Initiative with over 102,000 hours served.
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