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The Christian Post reports:
Pastor Steven Furtick’s multi-campus Elevation Church, headquartered in North Carolina, collected more than $108 million in tithes and offerings in 2023, as in-person church attendance soared to more than 17,000 worshipers weekly with three new campuses, according to the megachurch’s 2023 annual report.
The church, which withdrew its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention last summer, after more than 20 years of cooperation with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, reported a 21% year over year increase in in-person church attendance and hundreds of thousands more from the U.S. and around the world tuning in online.
Elevation Church reported that they had 19 physical locations spread across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Florida. Eight of those locations were reported as owned by the church, while 11 of the locations are leased.
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As the piece notes, the church is spending much of its income on real estate investments, including the purchase of a downtown shopping center.
Furtick, a self-declared Instagram influencer with over three million followers, appeared here in 2020 when he began construction of a 16,000 square foot estate on a 19-acre property.
Furtick is also “widely known for his appearances on PreachersNSneakers, an Instagram account that features influencer pastors and their expensive shoes.”
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— The Christian Post (@ChristianPost) July 24, 2024