Life Church.tv
LifeChurch.tv (also known as Life Covenant Church or simply "Life Church") is an American evangelical multi-site church with multiple locations in five states. Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv.
As of June 2012, there were fifteen LifeChurch.tv "campuses" located across the United States LifeChurch was listed in June 2012 as the second largest church in the United States with an attendance of 46,000. From 1996 to 1999 the church membership grew rapidly. During this time, Life Church acquired its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus"). In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma joined with Life Church, effectively making it a multi-site church. Following the success of the additional location, the church launched campuses in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2002, and these new campuses began incorporating satellite video teaching into their services.
In 2005, LifeChurch.tv opened two additional campuses: the South Oklahoma City location in the spring, followed by the Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona campuses of the metro Phoenix, Arizona area in September. After a few months of meeting in two high schools, LifeChurch.tv combined the two campuses into a single permanent facility and is now known as the Mesa campus.
In February 2006, LifeChurch.tv introduced a campus in Fort Worth, Texas. In April, the church established its "Internet Campus," which broadcasts weekly, interactive worship services live over the internet. In July, the church also launched a new campus in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Easter Sunday, 2007, LifeChurch.tv began broadcasting from their new campus in the online game Second Life.
LifeChurch.tv also decided to do away with "church membership", deciding instead to encourage people to become "partners" in helping lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. The church has developed a Bible application for mobile phones, YouVersion. Introduced in 2008, it has been described as "he world's most popular Bible program for mobile phones."
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