Christian

Colombia evicted Abundant Life Christian Church from a seized former bowling alley in Barranquilla after nearly 30 years, saying it owed 2.2 billion pesos in rent, while the church cited 2.5 billion pesos in improvements.

A Christian lawmaker in Pakistan’s Punjab introduced a bill barring the sale, lease or mortgage of church and minority communal property without government approval, with prison terms of up to seven years for violations.

Construction has begun on 86 affordable homes on the grounds of Palm Lake Christian Church in St Petersburg, Florida, a partnership with the county housing authority and a developer due to finish by the end of 2026.

South Kent Christian Community Church in Folkestone, empty for six years and on the market for four and a half, could become two homes after its applicant found no demand for community use.

El Paso’s First Christian Church sold its downtown building to a property company so it could focus on ministry rather than upkeep, leaving a vegan diner, a garden and a breastfeeding group seeking new space.

Islamabad’s development authority demolished the 12-year-old Emmanuel Gospel Church in a Christian settlement in sector G8/4 during Lent 2021, without notice, after the church had asked to repair its roof.

A Memphis Christian Science congregation sold its East Memphis corner property for $3.3 million to a furniture businessman’s company and bought a nearby commercial building housing an antiques shop and a restaurant.

At least 350 Christian-owned properties on Iraq’s Nineveh plains were occupied by officials while their owners were displaced by the Islamic State, with only 50 blocked from sale, a Premier report said.