Church Merger Success

When the Community Church of Little Neck was founded in 1927, Little Neck was a small suburban town. As the community grew over the years, so did the church for several decades. A steady decline in church attendance began in the 1970s, resulting in just a handful of members remaining and no pastoral staff by 2020. With a changing community and an aging population wondering what to do with their large facility, the congregation started to ask what it would take to revive the church.

In the spring of 2020, after praying about several different options, the Community Church of Little Neck invited Edge City Church to a one-year partnership in an effort to revive the church. This one-year partnership allowed the two congregations to combine resources and work together to reach more people for Christ. After a year of building relationships, the two churches came together and merged into one. This one year long process didn’t happen without lots of prayer, many late-night planning meetings, and months and months of intentional relationship building by the leaders from the two churches.

Today many churches see a merger with another church as a worst-case scenario. But mergers with the right vision and plan can be a great option for churches on the brink of closure and for new church plants. We can help guide churches in this process.