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Elevation Church
Elevation Church is an Evangelical non-denominational multi-site megachurch based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Weekly church attendance was 17,061 people in 2024. Elevation has 20 locations. Its senior pastors are Steven Furtick and Holly Furtick.
The church began as a church plant of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Steven Furtick and seven other families from Christ Covenant Church in Shelby, North Carolina, relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, meeting in Providence High School. On February 5, 2006, the first Sunday worship service, 121 people attended. In 2007, it founded the music group Elevation Worship. By 2013, the church's regular attendance had grown to nearly 15,000 people weekly. In 2016, it dedicated a new main building in Ballantyne including a 1,800-seat auditorium. In 2015 and 2017, the church was listed by the Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Young Millennials in the United States, particularly for the competence of managers, appreciation of colleagues and diversity. In 2018, CBS News ranked Elevation Church as the ninth largest megachurch in the United States with about 22,000 weekly visitors. In June 2023, a few days after the Southern Baptist Convention passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would not allow churches that have female pastors to be members, it terminated its membership with the Convention, without specifying the reason.
According to a 2024 church census, it claimed a weekly attendance of 17,061 people and 20 campuses in different cities.
The Church has a Baptist confession of faith. The Church believes the Bible to be inerrant and inspired. They also believe in Trinitarianism.
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 Charlotte people in "The Orange Initiative." In 2012, the church completed The Orange Initiative with over 102,000 hours served.
In 2008, Elevation Church gave out $40,000 to members, in envelopes filled with $5, $20, even $1,000, and told them to spend it kindly on others.
In 2012, Elevation Church launched an initiative calling for members to mentor children for the 2012–2013 school year, with over 1,600 responding. The school outreach program was criticized in local LGBT media, with some former LGBTQ members of the church saying that they were discriminated against and that the church’s policies on LGBTQ rights are too vague. As an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention, the church is prohibited from acting to “affirm, approve, or endorse homosexual behavior.”
In 2020, Elevation Church partnered with NASCAR driver Joey Logano through his foundation to establish a $1 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Elevation also collaborated with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, giving away 17,000 meals to people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elevation Church
Elevation Church is an Evangelical non-denominational multi-site megachurch based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Weekly church attendance was 17,061 people in 2024. Elevation has 20 locations. Its senior pastors are Steven Furtick and Holly Furtick.
The church began as a church plant of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Steven Furtick and seven other families from Christ Covenant Church in Shelby, North Carolina, relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, meeting in Providence High School. On February 5, 2006, the first Sunday worship service, 121 people attended. In 2007, it founded the music group Elevation Worship. By 2013, the church's regular attendance had grown to nearly 15,000 people weekly. In 2016, it dedicated a new main building in Ballantyne including a 1,800-seat auditorium. In 2015 and 2017, the church was listed by the Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Young Millennials in the United States, particularly for the competence of managers, appreciation of colleagues and diversity. In 2018, CBS News ranked Elevation Church as the ninth largest megachurch in the United States with about 22,000 weekly visitors. In June 2023, a few days after the Southern Baptist Convention passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would not allow churches that have female pastors to be members, it terminated its membership with the Convention, without specifying the reason.
According to a 2024 church census, it claimed a weekly attendance of 17,061 people and 20 campuses in different cities.
The Church has a Baptist confession of faith. The Church believes the Bible to be inerrant and inspired. They also believe in Trinitarianism.
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 Charlotte people in "The Orange Initiative." In 2012, the church completed The Orange Initiative with over 102,000 hours served.
In 2008, Elevation Church gave out $40,000 to members, in envelopes filled with $5, $20, even $1,000, and told them to spend it kindly on others.
In 2012, Elevation Church launched an initiative calling for members to mentor children for the 2012–2013 school year, with over 1,600 responding. The school outreach program was criticized in local LGBT media, with some former LGBTQ members of the church saying that they were discriminated against and that the church’s policies on LGBTQ rights are too vague. As an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention, the church is prohibited from acting to “affirm, approve, or endorse homosexual behavior.”
In 2020, Elevation Church partnered with NASCAR driver Joey Logano through his foundation to establish a $1 million COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund. Elevation also collaborated with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, giving away 17,000 meals to people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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