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I’m Curious: Length of Church Service/Experience?
I’m curious…how many minutes long (on average) is your regular church service/experience? I’m also curious how it might vary by region, so include your state/country.
Thanks!
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I pastor a church in Spencer, IN. Our worship on the average is about 90 minutes long. We also have communion every week (we vary how it is observed) so our time also includes that. Oh, that is in the United States of America (since many people forget where Indiana is and definitely don’t know where Spencer is) :)
Ft. Myers, FL - 75 minutes.
I go to Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Our services are around 100 minutes.
My church is in the northwest Chicago ‘burbs. Our services are about 90 minutes.
Bobby, came here from your Twitter post - chiming in o/b/o St. Simons Community church (www.sscommunitychurch.com) - services run approximately 1-hour, 10 minutes - Southeast Georgia
Fred
Our services run just a bit under an hour. We plan for 55 minutes, which gives us a bit of room for things to run long. Springfield, MO
Lubbock, TX, USA
Three services on Sunday AM; 8:30, 9:45, 11:15. Approximate length of 60-65 minutes each.
Hey Bobby,
Our services are about 60 minutes.
Kevin Stover
LifePoint Church
http://www.lifepointchurch.tv
Ours is about 90 minutes.
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX = 75 minutes
Thanks…
Fred, it really is pretty amazing how twitter can keep you connected to so many people.
If the rest of you want to see my twitter updates, I’d love to stay connected…you can “follow” me at http://www.twitter.com/bobbygwald
sorry, forgot the state/country. Cleveland, Tennessee. USA
No set time, just under 90 minutes.
Two campuses, Richmond, VA: 60 minutes in 4 services.
1 hour
In Beautiful Northeast Ohio (Warren) services last an hour and 15 minutes at the most. Have to be ready for the next service.
Bobby,
Was great meeting you at the ARC conference. I follow you on twitter too… anyway, we go approx 1 hour 15 minutes.
18 minutes of worship…30-35 minute message…challenge/commitment…1 hour total experience…Lifechurch/Tulsa…saw your question at Facebook via Twitter…
We plan for a 60 minute service. 30 of that, teaching.
Beloit, WI is where we are at. It edited that out.
Bobby,
Here in sunny south-central KY, we plan for 70 minutes. A little more for communion once a month.
about 90-100 minutes. Sometimes a little more depending on how the song part of worship goes.
Newport, RI
Our main services are an hour and 15 minutes.
about 20 mins worship, video announcements (if any) message opener and sermon, offering song.
Covenant Life Church comes in at around 95 minutes. Broken down, that includes on average: 35 minutes of singing, 15 minutes of “announcements,” and a 45-minute sermon.
In my church here in Sweden we try to plan for 90 minutes, with 30 worship/info, 30 preaching, 30 prayer/response.
Our services average 60 minutes. Harrison, AR
Elizabeth City, NC - We recently cut our services down to 60 minutes (25 minutes of worship/creative elements and 35 minutes of message) in order to add an additional service. We used to do 75 minutes (30 of worship/creative elements; 45 of message).
1 hour plus 15 or so in the main services.
1 hour the Student Ministry Department.
Portland, Oregon
Target is approximately 70 minutes with 33 minute sermon.
Leawood, Kansas
58 minutes and 30 seconds… and no more. TV is kind of unforgiving. Actually we run about 1 hour and 5 to 7 minutes, total.
Here in York, Pa we run 60 minutes…sharp. Approx 20 minutes music, 30 for the video/sermon, 10 for announcements and “call to action”.
Between 60-70 minutes total. Cary, NC
Northern Virginia–65 minutes.
Here in Brazil, on weekdays our service is around 1.5 hour. On sundays 2.5 hours and people don’t claim if it goes to 3 hours!
Igreja Mensagem do Amor de Deus
Carapicuiba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
We run 70 minutes, give or take a few… normally give :). We are in Daphne, AL
Our 9:30 service last for an hour and 15 minutes but our 11:00 service lasts for about 90 minutes. Bartlesville, OK
Kalamazoo MI
One hour 20 minutes
I too came here from twitter (although I do subscribe to the blog).
We run 3 experiences on Sundays (1 Sat night @ 6pm): 8am, 9:30am, 11am.
They usually run about 75-80 minutes. We are in Temecula Valley in So Cal, about 1/2 between SD and LA.
(I am jealous of you 55-65 minute people!)
75 minutes in Turlock, CA
2 hours…Portland OR…we prefer the crockpot over the fast food…but in some places I’ve been 1 hour has seemed like 3 hours!
90 - Northeast Alabama
Sunset Presbyterian Church
Portland, OR
75 minutes
We run 85-95 mins.
Vista Church, Austin TX
Lifepoint Church (http://www.lifepointonline.com/) in Longview, TX 60-75 minutes 2 services (9am & 11am) We also have a 30 minute family worship service at 10:15am so the kids and parents have a chance to worship together.
http://www.rockchurch.com
San Bernardino, CA - 75 mins.
We stick to 60 min pretty religiously (no pun intended). We have 4 services on any given weekend.
Hudson Community Chapel in Hudson, Ohio
Woodstock, Alabama. Approximately 95 minutes. - Working to shorten it to about 75 minutes.
Our church in Cary, NC is just a little over a year old and has a weekly attendance of approx. 170. A lot of our software and ideas are based off of http://thechurchwire.com. The duration of our service generally lasts 1hr. 15 minutes with a 40 minute message and the remaining is used for our music.
Va Beach|Norfolk, VA; 60-70 minutes tops.
Edmond, OK: 75min
Las Vegas, NV 75 min.
60 minutes - Austin, Texas
90 minutes…Asheville, NC
75 minutes
Clinton, MS
Sunny California, right next to UC Berkeley, Gracepoint. 65% college students, 35% young professionals. 75 minutes. Message generally 45-50 minutes.
http://www.gracepointonline.org
It depends on A) how long I preach and B) are we doing communion. Normally 60-70 minutes for the whole thing.
Chris Meirose
First Congregational Church
Waseca, MN
http://wasecachurch.org
Egg Harbor Township, NJ. We go about 75 minutes. Adding a third service in June which will put us at about 60 minutes.
around 85 minutes for us. We’re in Birmingham, AL
Here in Storrs, CT (USA) at St. Paul’s Collegiate Church we do 90 minutes which break down roughly as:
20 Minutes - Gathering & Music
40 Minutes - Teaching & Word
20 Minutes - Communion & Response
10 Minutes - Closing Music & Sending
About 90 mins, in Tallahassee FL.
60 minutes. Gardnerville NV
60-75 minutes, Richmond VA
Rochester, NH about 75-90 minutes
25 minute message/ 60 minutes total experience.
South Hills Church
Corona, CA
Southwest Ohio 1 hr 15 minutes
Planned for 75 min., but often goes 90.
Wilson, NC
tucson, az - 90 minutes
45 - music/video/communion
45 - teaching
Western New York (near Buffalo)- about one hour
We’ve been attending the Underground Church in Asheville, NC. There services are 60 minutes with about 15-20 minutes of music, a few minutes of announcements and about a 30 minute message. Then there is greeting or a special video, etc. (They don’t take up an offering as there is a box in the back to leave your gift in)
70 Minutes
San Diego California
60 minutes
Wichita, KS
atlanta ga
65 minutes
70 minutes
Life Church Indianapolis, IN
http://www.LifeChurchIndy.com
Mesa, Arizona (near Phoenix) - 55-60 minutes
Liverpool, NY - 75 mins.
We usually shoot for 90 minutes from the start of service to the end.
Youngstown, OH
70 minutes - Cedar Rapids, IA
I think # of services and style might be a bigger factor on time length than geography.
75 minutes
Legacy Church, Junction City, Kansas
Fayetteville, AR
2 services, 75 minutes each
60 minutes
Cross Point Church, Nashville, TN
Smyrna, DE 75 to 85 minutes
California, Bay Area
Average 75-80 min
Williamsburg Community Chapel
Williamsburg, VA
1 hour
65-75 min.
Cooper City, Fl
In Yorktown Virginia…55 minutes! Driven by our need for multiple services and a limited amount of time in rented facilities.
3 services - 75 min. in Illinois near St. Louis
Atlanta– 4 weekend experiences that are usually between 80-90 minutes each.
Greenville, MS 90 mins.
Ann Arbor, MI (Go Blue!) Usually comes in at about 80 minutes.
Used to be 90 min recently reduced to 75 min to make room for 3rd service. Works much better and helped us be more intentional in what we do. England
In Lubbock, Texas, two services - 9:00 and 10:30. Typically ranging from 75 to 90 minutes.
We used to do 70-75 when we had just one service. We’ve added a second service and now shoot for 60-65. Peoria, IL area.
90 minutes LaGrande Oregon
Australia, Victoria
Planting a new church but will aim for 60 mins
Cairo Egypt. We run four services at the weekend. In three of them we aim at 70 minutes and our Africa Live service runs to 90 minutes - extra time for worship and prayer.
2 hours.
sometimes a bit more
Gas City, Indiana
We are in Toledo OH. We run 60 minutes give or take a few minutes either way but never longer than 1.5 hours.
if I’m fishin’ it’s 3 hrs, if i’m fishin’ with my baptist friend it’s 5 hrs - two hrs extra for an extra beer run and extra drinkin’ time!!! (kidding)
when the little digital clock says it’s over, it’s over. guess what church I go to?
I’m in Williamsport, PA. We have two traditional services that run ~60 minutes, and a contemporary service that runs ~75 minutes.
Fort Wayne, Indiana - 75 minutes
http://www.limacc.com
70-75 minutes… mid-west Ohio.
80 minutes - southern Ontario, just outside Toronto
http://www.thecommunityfellowship.org
70-80 minutes - Collinsville, Va
Sydney Australia, 90 Minutes
75 minutes
Fredericktown, Missouri
We’re an Alliance Church in Canada. We aim to be 75 minutes…sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less.
I pastor Life Church of West Monroe Louisiana and our worship experience lasts 75-80 minutes. We really shoot for 75 minutes maximum but there are days that we go the full 80.
90 minutes - Sioux Falls, SD
90 min Auburn Maine (youth Church Service) atmospherechurch.com
Here in West Chester Oh, 75 min
55- 60 minutes
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Knoxville TN-90 minutes on the dot. leasing a spot in a theatre. http://www.turkeycreekcommunitychurch.org
150 minutes - 10am - 12:30pm
Englewood FL
Hey,
We are in Columbus, OH and our service is about 60-65 minutes long. You’d be amazed how much content you can pack into an hour if you plan well!
Tim
60 min. on the dot!
Kokomo, IN (40 min. north of Indianapolis)
Wow, I am late on this one!
We average 85 mins. (25 mins. “up front”/arts; 55 mins. message; and, 5 mins. “strategic matters”).
Our location is Lexington, KY.
Newark, Delaware. Our gatherings last 75 minutes.
St. Paul MN about 80 minutes.
1:15, we start at 10:30am Tulsa, OK
We are in Madison, Alabama (a suburb of Huntsville) and we are supposed to run 75 minute services but we rarely do. We really need 90 minutes I think and are discussing this need. Our services are at 9:00 and 10:45 presently.
Northeastern North Carolina - 18 years
Northeastern North Carolina - 60 minutes, soon to change to 75 minutes.
Christ the King Church (ckcconline.com) in Ponca, NE…75 minutes.
Sam
Life Church Franklin - Franklin, NC
75 minutes
I’m curious, too, Bobby. How would you answer this question?
Living Word Free Lutheran Church - Approximately 80-95 minutes, depending on the message :-)
Forgot to mention we’re in Sioux Falls, SD.
Chi Alpha Campus Ministry (www.uachialpha.net) is a college ministry at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
This year we have been running from 7pm-8:40 on average which is 100 minutes (one hour & 40 minutes): 40 minutes of worship, 40 of sermon, 10 for offering and meet/greet, ten for announcements.
Yet,
We are making some changes next year, going to a 70 minute experience: 30 minutes of sermon, 10 mintes of last worship song/response, 20 minutes of worship, 5 minutes of meet/greet, 5 minutes of announcements.
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Our Saturday service runs 70 minutes and gets trimmed down to about 60 on Sunday mornings. Our Sunday night service (run by our young adult community) can go anywhere from 60-80 minutes.
We’re at about 75 minutes on average.
Greenville, Indiana
Gresham, OR. We shoot for 60min but usually land at 70-75. It’s hard to get preachers to cut sermons short I guess…ha ha.
greer, sc. we usually go about 90 minutes.
Shattuck, OK
Contemporary - 50 minutes
Traditional - 60 minutes
Wasilla, Alaska…
We start at 10am, and aim to end around noonish. Lately it’s been closer to 12.30. Worship goes almost an hour, then announcements, preaching and altar call/prayer.
Life Missions
Camino de Vida,Peru
1h y 20 min
Farmland (that is the town’s name - I kid you not) Indiana - 90 minutes-ish
Tinley Park, IL (suburban Chicago) - we aim for 75 minutes, but usually take 85-90 start-to-finish.
Our services run around 70min, and we are in Chula Vista, CA. ranchovistachurch.com
75 minutes is the benchmark. North Central Ohio
60 minutes. Granger Community Church, Granger, Indiana.
55-60minutes.
Christ’s Church of the Valley, Philadelphia, PA
The Rock Church | Monroe, WA
+ 75min on average.
normally around 2 hours 15 minutes
30 minutes P&W - 1 hour 15 minutes + for message
THE CHURCH of Jacksonville, THE CHURCH Group Worldwide
Jacksonville, FL
60-70 minutes
Word of Grace Community Church
Sheboygan Falls, WI
Anchorage, Alaska
Around 90 minutes
75 minutes.
75 minutes
Fellowship Bible Church Dallas
Bealeton, VA (DC suburbs)– 70 min.
Chesapeake, Va. Just over 2 hours.
Coral Springs, FL
75-80 minutes
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Celebration Church, Jacksonville, FL
75-90 minutes, 6 pm Sat, 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30 Sunday
http://www.celebration.org
New Testament Christian Church Osgood, In.
50 to 55 minutes
Includes: Welcome Guests & Announcements
Opening Chorus-Prayer
Two Hymns-Go Over Prayer List
Prayer Hymn & Prayer
Communion Hymn & Serve Communion
Offering-Special Music-Sermon
Invitation Hymn-Closing Prayer
Closing Chorus