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 that is equipped with elevators. 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. More information...
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