An Eswatini court allowed a house, a Range Rover and furniture to be auctioned after a broker allegedly took E1.89 million from the Church of the Holy Ghost’s bank account by manipulating signatories.

A Christian Science church site in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, approved for a 261-unit tower with a new church space, headed to a foreclosure auction after a $6.8 million developer loan matured with more than $8.4 million owed.

The Church of Scotland has sold 31 buildings to local groups in three years, but communities say weeks-long deadlines leave volunteers unable to raise the money to buy churches and manses.

Churches around Stirling are for sale from an opening auction bid of £48,000 to offers over £199,000 for a building with consent for homes, while one converted church has already won an award.

A Bermuda churchman is auctioning napkin rings made from copper salvaged from Hamilton cathedral’s old roof, replaced in a $2 million appeal in 2011, to help fund $35,000 of repairs to the organ at St Mark’s Anglican Church.

Living Waters Community Church in Handsworth, a former gathering place for Birmingham’s Afro-Caribbean community, was listed for auction by Bond Wolfe with a £10,000-plus guide, and the valuer said it may suit redevelopment.

The Methodist Church’s Birmingham Circuit put two former manses up for auction in October 2024: a three-bedroom detached house in Shirley at £395,000-plus and a four-bedroom semi in Rednal at £265,000-plus.

Two Devon chapels went to auction in 2024: the listed 1818 Eastacombe Chapel at a £50,000 guide with wall damage, and the 1906 Whiddon Down Methodist Chapel at £195,000 with permission for two holiday lets.

Narracan Uniting Church in Gippsland, first used in 1900 and closed in 2022, sold at auction for $152,000 to a young couple, nearly double its $80,000 to $88,000 asking range.

St Philip’s Anglican Church at Spring Creek in western Victoria, built in 1894 in memory of a squatter’s wife, sold at auction for $145,000 to a single bidder despite about 60 people attending.