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The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth listed Église Sainte-Marie in Church Point, Nova Scotia, a 1905 wooden church of 15,000 square feet, for $250,000, but repairs are estimated at $10 million and the province says it cannot buy it.

Summit Mennonite Church in Barberton, Ohio, down to about two dozen active members, chose to keep going rather than close. It sold its building to a local food ministry and now rents a fellowship room at a nearby church.

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.

The Episcopal Diocese of Newark is selling its Mulberry Street headquarters to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for $3.85 million and moving into St Peter’s, a closed church it already owns in Livingston.

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.

The Lighthouse Presbyterian Church in Welcome Bay, Tauranga, offered its 8,106 square metres of commercial-zoned land for sale by tender, with Bayleys agents citing potential for apartments, townhouses, retail and offices.

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.

Three former Latter-day Saint meetinghouse sites in Ogden, Utah, have been sold and rezoned for up to 92 homes, as the church says some buildings have reached the end of their useful life.

After a five-day Seventh-day Adventist Pathfinder Camporee at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, Falmouth’s mayor said the underused venue needs more such events, noting that local farmers profited, one selling out of 10,000 coconuts.

Tallahassee’s Northwoods Church, down from 1,200 to 140 members, sought to rezone and sell 30 acres to pay off $1.1 million of debt, while neighbours objected to extra traffic on Capital Circle.

As the Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory sold St Mary’s Hostel in Alice Springs, Stolen Generations survivors asked for the chapel, a memorial and 10 per cent of the proceeds.

Seattle Mennonite Church is selling its 1.3-acre Lake City campus, built around a former movie theatre, to Community Roots Housing for $7.75 million, about $1 million below market value, for about 255 affordable homes and a new church space.

Atlanta Magazine found churches across the city being sold to developers, from Kirkwood sanctuaries replaced by townhomes to a converted Druid Hills church with condos from $640,000, as congregations weigh repairs against rising land values.

The Allegheny Mennonite Conference sold its Washington-area International Guest House for $1.35 million and shared $933,570 among its 16 congregations, with half going to the church most closely tied to the house.

The Vatican sold its scandal-hit London building at 60 Sloane Avenue to Bain Capital for £186 million after investing about €350 million, a loss of more than €200 million that led to a criminal trial and a cardinal’s conviction.