diff --git a/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js b/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
index c731bf6fc..e378e6be9 100644
--- a/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
+++ b/native/community-creation/community-configuration.react.js
@@ -1,213 +1,215 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
   useNewThread,
   newThreadActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
+import { threadInfoSelector } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import { threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types-enum.js';
 import type { NewThreadResult } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
 
 import CommunityCreationKeyserverLabel from './community-creation-keyserver-label.react.js';
 import type { CommunityCreationNavigationProp } from './community-creation-navigator.react.js';
 import RegistrationButtonContainer from '../account/registration/registration-button-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationButton from '../account/registration/registration-button.react.js';
 import RegistrationContainer from '../account/registration/registration-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationContentContainer from '../account/registration/registration-content-container.react.js';
+import { useNavigateToThread } from '../chat/message-list-types.js';
 import {
   ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter,
   ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader,
 } from '../chat/settings/thread-settings-category.react.js';
 import EnumSettingsOption from '../components/enum-settings-option.react.js';
 import TextInput from '../components/text-input.react.js';
 import { useCalendarQuery } from '../navigation/nav-selectors.js';
-import {
-  CommunityCreationMembersRouteName,
-  type NavigationRoute,
-} from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { type NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useColors, useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: CommunityCreationNavigationProp<'CommunityConfiguration'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'CommunityConfiguration'>,
 };
 
 const createNewCommunityLoadingStatusSelector =
   createLoadingStatusSelector(newThreadActionTypes);
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function CommunityConfiguration(props: Props): React.Node {
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const colors = useColors();
 
-  const { navigate } = props.navigation;
-
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   const callNewThread = useNewThread();
   const calendarQueryFunc = useCalendarQuery();
 
   const createNewCommunityLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     createNewCommunityLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
 
   const [pendingCommunityName, setPendingCommunityName] = React.useState('');
   const [announcementSetting, setAnnouncementSetting] = React.useState(false);
   const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = React.useState<?string>();
 
   const onChangePendingCommunityName = React.useCallback((newValue: string) => {
     setErrorMessage();
     setPendingCommunityName(newValue);
   }, []);
 
   const callCreateNewCommunity = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const calendarQuery = calendarQueryFunc();
     try {
       const newThreadResult: NewThreadResult = await callNewThread({
         name: pendingCommunityName,
         type: announcementSetting
           ? threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ANNOUNCEMENT_ROOT
           : threadTypes.COMMUNITY_ROOT,
         calendarQuery,
       });
       return newThreadResult;
     } catch (e) {
       setErrorMessage('Community creation failed. Please try again.');
       throw e;
     }
   }, [
     announcementSetting,
     calendarQueryFunc,
     callNewThread,
     pendingCommunityName,
   ]);
 
+  const [newCommunityID, setNewCommunityID] = React.useState<?string>(null);
+
   const createNewCommunity = React.useCallback(async () => {
     setErrorMessage();
     const newThreadResultPromise = callCreateNewCommunity();
     void dispatchActionPromise(newThreadActionTypes, newThreadResultPromise);
     const newThreadResult = await newThreadResultPromise;
 
-    navigate<'CommunityCreationMembers'>({
-      name: CommunityCreationMembersRouteName,
-      params: {
-        announcement: announcementSetting,
-        threadID: newThreadResult.newThreadID,
-      },
-    });
-  }, [
-    announcementSetting,
-    callCreateNewCommunity,
-    dispatchActionPromise,
-    navigate,
-  ]);
+    setNewCommunityID(newThreadResult.newThreadID);
+  }, [callCreateNewCommunity, dispatchActionPromise]);
+
+  const navigateToThread = useNavigateToThread();
+  const threadInfos = useSelector(threadInfoSelector);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!newCommunityID) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const communityThreadInfo = threadInfos[newCommunityID];
+    if (communityThreadInfo) {
+      navigateToThread({ threadInfo: communityThreadInfo });
+    }
+  }, [navigateToThread, newCommunityID, threadInfos]);
 
   const onCheckBoxPress = React.useCallback(() => {
     setErrorMessage();
     setAnnouncementSetting(!announcementSetting);
   }, [announcementSetting]);
 
   const enumSettingsOptionDescription =
     'Make it so only admins can post to ' +
     'the root channel of the community.';
 
   return (
     <RegistrationContainer>
       <RegistrationContentContainer style={styles.containerPaddingOverride}>
         <CommunityCreationKeyserverLabel />
         <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader type="full" title="COMMUNITY INFO" />
         <View style={styles.communityNameRow}>
           <Text style={styles.communityNameLabel}>Name</Text>
           <TextInput
             style={styles.communityNamePendingValue}
             placeholder="Community Name"
             placeholderTextColor={colors.panelSecondaryForegroundBorder}
             value={pendingCommunityName}
             onChangeText={onChangePendingCommunityName}
             editable={true}
           />
         </View>
         <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type="full" />
 
         <View style={styles.communityNameNoticeContainer}>
           <Text style={styles.communityNameNoticeText}>
             You may edit your community&rsquo;s image and name later.
           </Text>
         </View>
 
         <ThreadSettingsCategoryHeader type="full" title="OPTIONAL SETTINGS" />
         <EnumSettingsOption
           icon="megaphone"
           name="Announcement root"
           description={enumSettingsOptionDescription}
           enumValue={announcementSetting}
           onEnumValuePress={onCheckBoxPress}
         />
         <ThreadSettingsCategoryFooter type="full" />
         <RegistrationButtonContainer>
           <RegistrationButton
             onPress={createNewCommunity}
             label="Create community"
             variant={
               createNewCommunityLoadingStatus === 'loading'
                 ? 'loading'
                 : 'enabled'
             }
           />
         </RegistrationButtonContainer>
         <View style={styles.errorMessageContainer}>
           <Text style={styles.errorMessageText}>{errorMessage}</Text>
         </View>
       </RegistrationContentContainer>
     </RegistrationContainer>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   containerPaddingOverride: {
     padding: 0,
   },
   communityNameRow: {
     backgroundColor: 'panelForeground',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     paddingHorizontal: 24,
     paddingVertical: 8,
   },
   communityNameLabel: {
     color: 'panelForegroundTertiaryLabel',
     fontSize: 16,
     width: 96,
   },
   communityNamePendingValue: {
     color: 'panelForegroundSecondaryLabel',
     flex: 1,
     fontFamily: 'Arial',
     fontSize: 16,
     margin: 0,
     paddingLeft: 4,
     paddingRight: 0,
     paddingVertical: 0,
     borderBottomColor: 'transparent',
   },
   communityNameNoticeContainer: {
     display: 'flex',
     flexDirection: 'row',
     justifyContent: 'center',
   },
   communityNameNoticeText: {
     color: 'panelForegroundTertiaryLabel',
   },
   errorMessageContainer: {
     alignItems: 'center',
   },
   errorMessageText: {
     color: 'redText',
   },
 };
 
 export default CommunityConfiguration;