| McLean Bible Church (MBC) | |
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| Location | 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-denominational evangelical |
| Weekly attendance | ~8,000 (2022) [1] |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | 501(c)(3)[2] |
| Founded | 1961; 63 years ago (1961) |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Mike Kelsey, Jr., Lead Pastor David Platt, Lead Pastor |
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McLean Bible Church is a non-denominational evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Vienna, Virginia. It has several locations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
McLean Bible Church was founded in 1961 by five families in Northern Virginia. Its first service was held on Easter Sunday at Chesterbook Elementary School in McLean with Pastor J. Albert Ford.
In 1980, Lon Solomon became the senior pastor.[3]
In September 2017, David Platt was confirmed as the Pastor-Teacher, later "Lead Pastor", replacing Lon Solomon by being the sole candidate offered to the membership.[4]
Under the leadership of Platt, McLean has also been the broadcast location for several Radical (David Platt's resource ministry) simulcasts.
According to a church census released in 2018, it claimed a weekly attendance of 10,510 people and 5 campuses in different cities.[5] According to the MBC March 2022 Congregational Meeting Report weekly attendance for 2021 was 8,858.
On June 2, 2019, McLean made national headlines when then-President Donald Trump made an unplanned visit. After playing golf nearby, Trump appeared on-stage at the Tyson's Corner campus after communion. Pastor Platt prayed for him.[6][7][8]
In 2020, in response to the global pandemic, the church moved all their ministry online and met physical needs for people all over greater Washington, DC, giving away boxes of food, toiletries, and soap, totaling 5.6 million meals.[9]
A new shared leadership structure for MBC was introduced between two lead pastors, David Platt and Mike Kelsey. Kelsey will be the primary leader of the lead pastor team while Platt will focus on Gospel mobilization as a lead pastor.[10][11]
There have been several lawsuits since 2021 concerning the leadership of McLean Bible Church[12] and undisclosed relationships with the Southern Baptist Convention.[13]
