David T. Demola founded Faith Fellowship Ministries in early 1980, and by the end of that year was able to move from a private home to St. Mark's United Methodist Church in
Staten Island, New York. The growing congregation temporarily held services at an
Elks Club, and then in July 1982 moved to a former synagogue in
Iselin, New Jersey. Still growing, in mid-1985 the church moved into a newly constructed 1,300-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 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 homeownership program through its nonprofit affiliate, the Faith Fellowship Community Development Corporation, which provides education and coaching in financial planning. After Pastor David T. Demola's passing in 2018, Pastor Wagner took over as lead pastor. On January 1, 2019, the church announced on its website and social media pages its transition to EPIC Church International. ==See also==