Foreclosed Mega Church purchased by local school district

[pstokely]

http://fox4kc.com/2012/04/02/former-mega-church-gets-makeover/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wdaf-news+%28FOX4KC+Local+News%29

"OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — What was once a popular worship place for thousands of church members, will soon be transformed into a special place for children with special needs. The First Family Church complex, one of the first, popular mega churches in the metro area, reportedly owed more than $14 mortgage payment and other costs. The $20 million church foreclosed last fall and shut its doors for good.

Also, its pastor and founder, the reverend Jerry Johnston, also faced allegations he misused church money. Johnston denied the allegations. Now, months later, the Blue Valley School District is buying the former church for $9 million. Deputy superintendent D. Al Hanna, tells FOX 4 the district plans to turn the 51 acre site into an early childhood center for pre-schoolers with special needs."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. 51 acres? That's not a religion, that is a big business.

[msongs]

2. lol $$ is what megachurches are all about, religion is just bait to get the fish in the net nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. let's tax those suckers.

I am sure god would not mind. Besides, she told me so.

[Javaman]

11. it's a compound. nt

[snooper2]

12. All churches are a business...some are just startups though LOL

Now, anybody that is dumb enough to give away good money to hear some incoherent rants a couple times a week will continue to support those business models. I say you are better off saving for a couple years and get something that will really bring you closer to a "higher power".


Like say...


This

[sarcasmo]

13. The church of the ATM.

[The Straight Story]

3. 51 acres for pre-schoolers with special needs?

How many do they have?

[RandySF]

5. I am sure they will use the excess acreage for storage

or other purposes.

[Ilsa]

10. My guess is that

they'll use some of the property to provide a buffer or safety zone for the school's population. They may also use some of the most distant property to sell and fund special projects.

If I was designing this, I'd provide space for a special facility for therapies after school. These kids need lots of PT, Occupational Therapy, Adaptive play, Speech Therapy, music therapy, etc. And an after school program might help the families financially. Typically, one parent ends up quitting a job to be available full time for the special needs child.

I congratulate this school district for doing their best to care for their disabled kids.

[RandySF]

4. Finally something useful.

[Prometheus Bound]

6. Man the punctuation, redundancy, and $14 mortgage in those paragraphs is something to behold.

[Skittles]

7. I'm convinced editing has been offshored

or it simply no longer exists

supposedly, that EXTREMELY badly written article was penned by an "Emmy award winning journalist"

[sarcasmo]

14. +1

[Brickbat]

9. Copy from TV news websites is usually in bad shape. Part of the reason is that they use the copy for

the broadcast as a starting place; you'll find they often leave lots of extra commas in for the prominent pauses they use when speaking in that exaggerated broadcasting way. And many of them have never worked in print.