Satellite Locations
FC continued to experience tremendous growth. It initially bought a nearby warehouse and office building, which today serves as the church offices. However, instead of expanding the auditorium at its Grapevine facility (which was expensive to build since it required special acoustical material to muffle the sound of overflying airplanes—FC is located directly in the approach to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport), FC took another page out of Bill Hybels' playbook—the concept of the satellite church.
In early 2005 FC opened two satellite campuses—Fellowship Church Plano (which meets at a church-owned facility in Plano, Texas) and Fellowship Church Downtown (which was previously named Uptown when meeting at North Dallas High School.) As of June 2006, Fellowship Church Downtown meets at a church-owned facility in the arts district of Downtown Dallas.
Later in 2005, a third satellite campus was added—Fellowship Church Alliance (which met at Northwest High School in Justin, Texas, near Fort Worth Alliance Airport); however, in October 2007 the campus relocated to in a new facility west of downtown Fort Worth, near the museum district, and renamed Fellowship Church Fort Worth.
In 2006 FC opened a fourth campus and its first outside the DFW area—Fellowship Church Miami in South Miami.
Early in 2012, FC added an internet campus called Fellowship Live. Then later in 2012, FC added a second Florida campus in Midtown Miami. And soon after, added its eighth location in Columbia, South Carolina.
All satellite campuses act as extensions of FC; though they have live music and their own staff, all sermons are broadcast from the Grapevine campus.
According to an email from Ed and Lisa Young that was sent to members on October 25, 2012, Fellowship Church is going to start seven new campuses, the details of which will be announced on October 27, 2012. This is not particularly welcome to members of the Grapevine church, who feel that the ministry has been ignored by the Senior Pastors as they continue their globe trotting lifestyle.
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