Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center
Encyclopedia
Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center is an independent non-Denominational "megachurch
" in Sayreville, New Jersey
, USA.
The pastor is David T. Demola.
As of 2008 Outreach Magazine
ranked the church 53rd in size in the USA with attendance of 9,200.
Demola founded Faith Fellowship Ministries in January 1980, and by the end of that year was able to move to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Staten Island
.
With a growing congregation, the congregation temporarily used an Elk's club for their services, and then in July 1982 moved to a new church building in Iselin, New Jersey
.
Still growing, in mid-1984 the church moved into a newly constructed 1300-seat facility in Edison, New Jersey
, its base for the next fifteen years.
However, overflow crowds and limited parking created tensions with neighbors.
In July 2000 the current 2,900-seat auditorium and office complex was established on a 14 acres (56,656 m²) site in Sayreville that was once used by Public Service Electric and Gas Company as a training center.
The site was selected in part because it already had sufficient parking space, a significant factor with urban megachurches.
In 2003 the center launched a home ownership program through its nonprofit affiliate, the Faith Fellowship Community Development Corporation, which provides education and coaching in financial planning.
Megachurch
A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000...
" in Sayreville, New Jersey
Sayreville, New Jersey
Sayreville is a borough located on the Raritan River, near Raritan Bay in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 42,704....
, USA.
The pastor is David T. Demola.
As of 2008 Outreach Magazine
Outreach Magazine
Outreach Magazine is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Vista, California. It focuses on activities of growing churches and is non-denominational.It is a periodical from the organization Outreach, Inc...
ranked the church 53rd in size in the USA with attendance of 9,200.
Demola founded Faith Fellowship Ministries in January 1980, and by the end of that year was able to move to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
.
With a growing congregation, the congregation temporarily used an Elk's club for their services, and then in July 1982 moved to a new church building in Iselin, New Jersey
Iselin, New Jersey
Iselin is a census-designated place and unincorporated area within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 16,698.-Geography:...
.
Still growing, in mid-1984 the church moved into a newly constructed 1300-seat facility in Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Edison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township...
, its base for the next fifteen years.
However, overflow crowds and limited parking created tensions with neighbors.
In July 2000 the current 2,900-seat auditorium and office complex was established on a 14 acres (56,656 m²) site in Sayreville that was once used by Public Service Electric and Gas Company as a training center.
The site was selected in part because it already had sufficient parking space, a significant factor with urban megachurches.
In 2003 the center launched a home ownership program through its nonprofit affiliate, the Faith Fellowship Community Development Corporation, which provides education and coaching in financial planning.