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Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by latiephwald: 10:37am On Sep 07, 2025
Exousiang01:
Yes and what is the land mass of Lagos?
A state in the US may have just 2 churches per street and still have more churches than Lagos?
Remember you are just talking Lagos, and you must imagine that the same I s replicated in the North with 19 states out of the 36 states in Nigeria. You imagine that less than half of Nigeria will have more churches than the entire US. Some states in the US are are bigger than Nigeria in Landmass
This is not about landmass bro, it’s about the number of churches in a country. In the United States, you can easily get the figures because due registration is required before an altar can even be raised. But in Nigeria, churches have become a business venture. Anyone who feels jobless suddenly sees themselves as a General Overseer. The themes are all about financial freedom, financial breakthrough, financial miracles etc. while true teachings about righteousness are abandoned.
Let’s call a spade a spade bro, if the US actually has more churches than Nigeria, then why are the world’s richest pastors mostly from Nigeria? Shouldn’t they be from where churches are most located?
As far as I’m concerned, many churches in Nigeria are no longer about saving souls they’ve become a business venture period!
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Bahamas95(m): 10:37am On Sep 07, 2025
Na lie!

Nigeria should be number1.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by D00msDay(m): 10:43am On Sep 07, 2025
Starz825:
100, 000 ke


Redeemed church alone is 100k if not more
This man ehh grin grin
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by PrinceAsanike: 10:48am On Sep 07, 2025
Amudeneogu:
Nigeria should be no. 1 because the number of churches in Nigeria pass both USA and Brazil joined together, meanwhile, where is European countries that brought church to Nigeria and other African countries.?
You are right but the statistics here is not about proportion but just quantity. Nigeria itself is just a dot in a circle compare to America.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Teejaney88(m): 10:52am On Sep 07, 2025
That number should be for one state in Nigeria...😊
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by kosiebe(m): 10:54am On Sep 07, 2025
This is not correct.
Nigeria churches are more than 1 million
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Kaido: 10:55am On Sep 07, 2025
Wizardslayer:
I can see Nigeria ranking third. smiley smiley grin

That number given to Nigeria is highly inaccurate. The number of churches in Nigeria should be more than one million.
Abi 1.3 million
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by sosereal201(m): 10:56am On Sep 07, 2025
I don't believe this how come the United States have more churches than Nigeria [quote author=BlackViper post=136716295]: TrueJesusWay .com

https://x.com/TheDataHubX/status/1951029153526088043?t=q9ojWpHq7YEKPA8ectLjUQ&s=19[/quote]
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by AntiisIam(m): 11:02am On Sep 07, 2025
Expanse2020:
What happened to the UK "England" where the missionary started 🤣🤣😂🤣
Antiiam
You are not obeying allah that commanded you to question the people reading the Bible Incase of a situation like this

Missionary never started in UK and you ought to ask why is China in the list despite the dominance of their indigenous traditional beliefs
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Ewedegubbler: 11:15am On Sep 07, 2025
Theres more than 100000 churches in Benin city alone.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by paragon10(m): 11:21am On Sep 07, 2025
Dem no count Nigeria own well...there is rigging here. Nigeria suppose be number 1 on the list
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by ogascomax: 11:23am On Sep 07, 2025
Some people are disappointed to see that Nigeria is not in number one spot. You can go on crying. Because they have bad belle towards the church. Continue crying and go and produce your own list.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by calabaman(m): 11:59am On Sep 07, 2025
Akinfenwamight:
where at somolu

I stay at duroshimi street

Kkkkk
Hey man Odubanjo I think. (Close to famous bus stop)

Moved out 5 years ago.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Eriokanmi: 12:08pm On Sep 07, 2025
These are supposed to be leading developed nations in the world due to Christ's presence but Nigeria lost its position due to corruption and religious extremism. God have mercy
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Eriokanmi: 12:12pm On Sep 07, 2025
Amudeneogu:
Nigeria should be no. 1 because the number of churches in Nigeria pass both USA and Brazil joined together, meanwhile, where is European countries that brought church to Nigeria and other African countries.?
Nope. Its US I wonder why some Nigerians always refer usa as a less-religious nation when abusing their country Nigeria, despite the obvious. If you visit Joyce Meyer ministries alone youd count over hundred thousand congregation each Sunday. Why won't God keep blessing them?

The European countries you mentioned are majorly the present day Americans. Trump's family emigrated from Europe. They called the US a new world. If you enter America today, each state is identifiable with the nation in Europe from which they emigrated to America to live and their generations remain till today. That doesn't mean there are no churches in Europe . By the time you mention top 20, I'm sure European countries would be among. Remember population plays a major role too check the population of the top 10 nations above. Most European nations are less populated than lagos alone
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by dapadawee(m): 12:14pm On Sep 07, 2025
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by sonofthunder: 12:15pm On Sep 07, 2025
BlackViper:
Source: TrueJesusWay .com

https://x.com/TheDataHubX/status/1951029153526088043?t=q9ojWpHq7YEKPA8ectLjUQ&s=19[/quote]What is the population of Italy?

And they have 60,000 churches?
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Sheggy13(m): 12:19pm On Sep 07, 2025
ALLNIGERIANSMAD:
Who ever compiled this list have no knowledge of Nigerian churches except he based his/her analysis on most popular churches, in Lagos and Abuja alone are more than 100k churches
I think it's the registered ones they considered, not those mushroom churches springing up everyday in all nooks and corners of the country. I also believe the enumeration is singular, as the likes of RCCG, Winners, Roman Catholic etc, will be counted as 1 unit each regardless of the hundreds of thousands of branches/parishes they have across the country.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by GenFunction: 12:49pm On Sep 07, 2025
Make I hear say we no top Brazil and US...we wey church and church de share fence
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Segzy19: 1:19pm On Sep 07, 2025
Nigeria can't be less than 1 million at the least
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by zedman1(m): 1:21pm On Sep 07, 2025
brain54:
The number of churches on my street alone...


is up to 50k.


Half of the number there. (Some people will still not understand that I am exaggerating and will quote me)


I guess the 100k churches I'm seeing there are registered churches.


Churches spring up every day at all nooks and crannies!
Exactly, the caption should have read " registered Churches", because even today like this, uncountable new churches don open.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by HisaacPlus: 1:34pm On Sep 07, 2025
Amudeneogu:
Nigeria should be no. 1 because the number of churches in Nigeria pass both USA and Brazil joined together, meanwhile, where is European countries that brought church to Nigeria and other African countries.?
Yet you are writing this from your autonomous community!
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by wickedtuna: 2:17pm On Sep 07, 2025
Exousiang01:
Says a man who has never gone more than 10,000 square meters outside his cave.
Have you been to the US?
Do you realize that the IS is actually a continent on its own and some states in the US are larger than Nigeria?
Una go just open mouth waaaaah dey display ignorance for public space.
Your imagination is not a fact sir
Tell me just one US state larger than Nigeria. just one.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by ChengHun(m): 2:50pm On Sep 07, 2025
Nigeria has over 1 million churches
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Guestmale: 3:34pm On Sep 07, 2025
How do they arrive at this statistics,is it by denominations or by building structure.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by MomohMrMoore: 3:44pm On Sep 07, 2025
Lol, Nigeria 100000? Are you kidding? Each state in south south, South East, South west Nigeria has far more than 100000 alone. We are talking about 17 southern states. Lagos alone is another crazy place for churches.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by iyimide(m): 4:00pm On Sep 07, 2025
There Is a street in Ilorin that has at least 2500 churches. That street is called gaa akanbi.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Truthseeker10: 4:08pm On Sep 07, 2025
mirrael68:
It's not really an irony, are you surprised when you visit the hospital and see plenty sick people? Jesus said He came for the sick and not the healthy. The many churches are needed to tend to the many sick. So it's all in order.
So Nigerians are more sickly than the Europeans?
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Eniolohunda: 4:12pm On Sep 07, 2025
As someone who has lived in Nigeria and still living in the US, I can say this statistics is not correct. Because the number of churches in Nigeria is more than the US. In Nigeria, once you count 5 houses ,the next will be church. Meanwhile, they only have churches in strategic places in the US and not is not scattered in the residential areas.
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Eniolohunda: 4:13pm On Sep 07, 2025
wickedtuna:
Tell me just one US state larger than Nigeria. just one.
Texas may be bigger than Nigeria
Re: Top 10 Countries With The Most Number Of Churches by Truthseeker10: 4:15pm On Sep 07, 2025
obonujoker:
If not the prayers of the churches in Nigeria, the country would have turned worse than it already is.

No wonder the continuous arrow of the occultic world on the leadership position of this country to continue bringing pain and stifle conditions

In the end Nigeria shall be great again from leadership to the least person as the Church takes over every nook and cranny of the nation
Does that mean that things have been going from bad to worse in Nigeria because the number of prayers in churches have been reducing in Nigeria over the years?
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