the state of florida has the most pca churches with more than 160 congregations, but alabama, south carolina and north carolina, mississippi, georgia, tennessee, and texas in the south and pennsylvania, maryland and virginia on the east coast remain strongholds for the denomination. in the five southeastern us states (mississippi, alabama, south carolina, florida, and georgia) the pca had 742 congregations, making up more than one third of the total 1,771 churches. mississippi has the highest percentage of adherents per 1,000 people, followed by alabama, south carolina, tennessee, delaware, and georgia. numerous mega churches can be found in the american south and east as well as in illinois, but the largest and the second largest churches in the denomination are korean churches. a korean congregation, sarang community church of southern california in anaheim, ca, is the biggest congregation in the denomination with as many as 11,000 members.