Over the past year two east-side Madison churches, Mad City Church and Lake City Church, worked through a merger to become City Church (located at 4909 E. Buckeye Road). Church mergers may be a growing trend, according to an article in Christianity Today.
The article reports that two mega-churches in Phoenix, East Valley Bible Church and Praxis Church, merged to better reach the Phoenix area. They’re now known as Redemption Church, located on four campuses (with a third church joining the merger). Over the years the trend has been in the opposite direction, churches splitting instead of merging. This appears to be a move in the right direction.