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| denomination = [[Non-denominational Christian]]
| name = EPIC Church International
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| country = [[United States]]
| location = [[Sayreville, New Jersey]]
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| attendance = 10,100 (2013)
| website = https://www.epicchurchintl.org/
| founded date = 1980
| seniorpastor = [[John J. Wagner]]
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'''EPIC Church International''', formerly Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center is an independent [[non-denominational Christian]] [[megachurch]] in [[Sayreville, New Jersey]], USA. The pastor is [[John J. Wagner]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.usachurches.org/church/faith-fellowship-ministries-world-outreach-center.htm
|title=Faith Fellowship Ministries World Outreach Center
|publisher=USA Churches
|access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>
As of 2013, [[Outreach Magazine]] ranked the church 44th in congregation size in the US, with weekly attendance of 10,100.<ref>{{cite magazine
|url=http://www.outreachmagazine.com/2013-outreach-100-largest-churches-america.html
|title=100 Largest Churches in America
|magazine=Outreach Magazine
|date=October 2013
|access-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref>
==History==
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.<ref>{{cite book
|page=265
|title=Encyclopedia of New Jersey
|author=Maxine N. Lurie, Marc Mappen
|publisher=Rutgers University Press
|year=2004
|isbn=0-8135-3325-2}}</ref>
In July 2000 the current 2,900-seat auditorium and office complex was established on a {{convert|14|acre|m2|adj=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/nyregion/exurbia-and-god-megachurches-in-new-jersey.html?pagewanted=all
|title=Exurbia and God: Megachurches in New Jersey
|author=George James
|date=June 29, 2003
|work=[[The New York Times]]
|access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/realestate/28wczo.html?pagewanted=all
|title=Today, Homeownership Is Next to Godliness
|work=[[The New York Times]]
|author=Lisa Prevost
|date=May 28, 2006
|accessdate=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
On January 1, 2019, the church announced on its website and social media pages its transition to EPIC Church International.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epicchurchintl.org/|title=Epic Church Intl|website=website|language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of the largest Protestant churches in the USA]]
==References==
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[[Category:Evangelical megachurches in the United States]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1980]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Sayreville, New Jersey]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in New Jersey]]