Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked Christian place of worship chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Journey Church and First Baptist Church sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journey Church | - | -20.9% |
| 2 | First Baptist Church | - | -24.2% |
| 3 | Redemption Church | - | -39.2% |
- Church of the Highlands
- Journey Church
- Sylvan Springs Church of Christ
- The Becoming Church
- Forward Church
- South Coast Church
- Centerpoint Fellowship Church
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
370 tracked store locations in Alabama. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 21 of the 370 stores (6%); 329 of the 344 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked other stores here are Christian places of worship, against 5% across the United States.
- Church of the Highlands (3)
- Journey Church (3)
- Sylvan Springs Church of Christ (1)
- The Becoming Church (1)
- Forward Church (1)
- South Coast Church (1)
- Centerpoint Fellowship Church (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 First Baptist Church 10
- 2 Church of the Highlands 3
- 3 Journey Church 3
- 4 Redemption Church 3
- 5 Friendship Church 2
- 6 Cornerstone Church 2
- 7 First United Methodist Church 2
- 8 Crossroads Church 2
- 9 Daystar Church 2
- 10 Grace Fellowship 2
- 11 First Assembly of God 2
- 12 First Methodist Church 2
- 13 Destiny Church 2
- 14 Move Church 2
- 15 Christ Fellowship 1
- 16 New Harvest Ministry 1
- 17 Palmerdale Cross Baptist Church 1
- 18 Vestavia Hills Baptist Church 1
- 19 Fieldstown Church of God 1
- 20 Amazing Grace Ministry 1
- 21 Faith Chapel 1
- 22 Calvary Assembly 1
- 23 Grace Community Church 1
- 24 University Church of Christ 1
- 25 Mars Hill Church - Fairhope Campus 1
- 26 Southside Church of Christ 1
- 27 Hephzibah Baptist Church 1
- 28 African Universal Church 1
- 29 Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church 1
- 30 Canaan Land Ministries 1
- 31 Jones Chapel AME Church 1
- 32 Church of the Air 1
- 33 Bethlehem Christian Church 1
- 34 Sanctuary Community Church 1
- 35 Zion Ridge Church of God 1
- 36 Mission Baptist Church 1
- 37 Praise Family Church 1
- 38 Faith Temple Church 1
- 39 North Glencoe Baptist Church 1
- 40 Church at the Crossing 1
- 41 Bridge Builders Church International 1
- 42 Lomax Assembly 1
- 43 Sweet Water Baptist Church 1
- 44 Convergence Worship Center 1
- 45 The Church of Glory 1
- 46 Dawson Memorial Baptist Church 1
- 47 Macedonia Miracle Ministries of Luverne 1
- 48 St Paul Ame Church 1
- 49 Cultivate Church 1
- 50 Hope City 1
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