| Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center | |
| Location | Sayreville, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Weekly attendance | 9,200 (2008) |
| Website | http://www.ffmwoc.org |
| History | |
| Founded | January 1980 |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | David Demola |
Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center is an independent non-Denominational "megachurch" in Sayreville, New Jersey, USA. The pastor is David T. Demola.[1] As of 2008 Outreach Magazine ranked the church 53rd in size in the USA with attendance of 9,200.[2]
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.[3]
However, overflow crowds and limited parking created tensions with neighbors.[4] In July 2000 the current 2,900-seat auditorium and office complex was established on a 14-acre (57,000 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.[5] 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.[6]