Ginghamsburg Church
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| Location | 6759 South Country Road 25A Tipp City, OH |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | United Methodist |
| Website | www.ginghamsburg.org |
| History | |
| Founded | 1863 |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Michael Slaughter |
Ginghamsburg Church is a multi-site megachurch located in Tipp City, Ohio, a suburb thirteen miles north of Dayton, Ohio. It hosts nearly 5,000 people of all ages on its campuses each week and is currently the fourth-largest United Methodist church in the United States. It has repeatedly been named one of the most influential churches in America.
Ginghamsburg offers ten worship celebrations weekly on three campuses, including one for individuals who are in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. The church also offers other worship opportunities at multiple house churches and cell communities. More than 100 weekend and weeknight learning opportunities are offered weekly for all ages across all campuses. The church features dozens of ministries and mission outreach opportunities locally, nationally and globally each year. Despite its size, the church emphasizes the importance of being involved in small groups, which the church calls cell groups. 2,800 adults, students and children participate in cell groups annually.
Ginghamsburg Church was founded by a Methodist circuit rider, B.W. Day, in 1863 in the village of Ginghamsburg, Ohio. As a small church, until the 1920s it was part of a four-church circuit for a part-time preacher. From the 1920s on, students from a Dayton-based seminary served as part-time pastors for the congregation. Senior Pastor Michael Slaughter was appointed to Ginghamsburg in 1979 as the church's first full-time pastor. At the time, the church averaged approximately 90 people in attendance. Since Slaughter’s arrival, the mission of the church has been to “win the lost and set the oppressed free,” leading to the church’s exponential growth. Today, approximately 5,000 people are on Ginghamsburg’s campuses each week. Slaughter has become a leading figure in the missional church movement and a popular author and speaker, and has repeatedly been named one of the most influential Christians in America.
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