Baptist

A Chattanooga Baptist church will ground-lease its land for 53 rental cottages for seniors and families, the first project under the city’s new flexible zoning programme, with construction due in 2027.

A Chattanooga Baptist church will ground-lease its land for 53 rental cottages for seniors and families, the first project under the city’s new flexible zoning programme, with construction due in 2027.

First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street agreed to sell 360 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn for $28.3 million to developers planning housing, calling the site a financial burden and planning to move its ministries.

First Baptist Church in Pierrepont Street agreed to sell 360 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn for $28.3 million to developers planning housing, calling the site a financial burden and planning to move its ministries.

A Wisconsin village has confirmed that a Baptist church’s parsonage no longer qualifies for property tax exemption and voted against refunding back taxes, though it could qualify again if circumstances change.

The Margin examined how Canadian churches are redeveloping their land, from Toronto’s Bloor Street United and a Unitarian church sale to a 57-storey tower at Vancouver’s First Baptist, noting that $15 billion in land changed hands as churches closed.

The Margin examined how Canadian churches are redeveloping their land, from Toronto’s Bloor Street United and a Unitarian church sale to a 57-storey tower at Vancouver’s First Baptist, noting that $15 billion in land changed hands as churches closed.

A Wisconsin village has confirmed that a Baptist church’s parsonage no longer qualifies for property tax exemption and voted against refunding back taxes, though it could qualify again if circumstances change.

A pastor’s doctrinal break from the Jamaica Baptist Union has become a Supreme Court property fight, with the union citing a 1969 vesting act to claim ownership of the church land he’s tried to register under his own name.

A pastor’s doctrinal break from the Jamaica Baptist Union has become a Supreme Court property fight, with the union citing a 1969 vesting act to claim ownership of the church land he’s tried to register under his own name.

Nashville’s Watson Grove Baptist Church, founded in 1889, has hired a commercial real estate firm to explore a sale, ground lease or joint venture for its 1.5-acre Edgehill campus near Music Row.

Fort Worth’s Mount Gilead Baptist Church, founded in 1875 by formerly enslaved people, is selling its 1912 downtown building for $1.9 million and plans to rebuild its ministry after a final service.

Rockport Baptist Church in Arnold, Missouri, bought the former St David’s Catholic Church on seven acres for $1.75 million after the parish merged, gaining a large sanctuary, gym and classrooms.

Plans to demolish the B-listed Hillhead Baptist Church in Glasgow and replace it with flats were halted for a public hearing after 332 objections, with the developer saying keeping the 1883 building is not financially viable.

A Miami-Dade Baptist church plans 37 townhomes on its own land, priced in the $400,000s for households at or below 120% of area median income, in a bid to turn renters into owner-occupiers rather than sell to investors.