The movement gained momentum when they met in August 2011 at a planning and organizational meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota and began drafting essential tenets and refined polity for a new reformed body.
A second gathering of the movement in January 2012 resulted in a new denomination known as Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO).
The Fellowship Community maintains that it is committed to remaining in the PC(USA) and "is not a waiting room for departure".
Jim Singleton, one time president of The Fellowship Community wrote, "We are now in a time when many congregations feel the need to withdraw…"[2] In June 2014, the FOP parted ways structurally with ECO and shortly thereafter, joined with Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR) to work with conservative and evangelical congregations and individuals in the PCUSA.
Presently, the Fellowship Community has approximately 183 member congregations within the PC(USA).