Caucasian man sets to buy popular church for over N400 million

A man in the United Kingdom has gone viral after offering £225,000 (over ₦400 million) to purchase a church in his hometown in order to prevent it from being converted into residential apartments.

The story was shared on X by Samuel Leeds, who explained that he decided to step in after learning that the Methodist Church building was at risk of being sold to property developers.

According to Leeds, he was frustrated by the increasing trend of historic church buildings being sold off and turned into flats. He said his goal is to preserve the church’s original purpose as a place of worship and community gathering.

He also revealed plans to allow a congregation to use the building rent-free, provided they are committed to genuine worship and community service.

He said …

“I’m buying a church.

I’ve made a cash offer of £225,000 to purchase this church, which was about to close and be sold off to developers.

I’m fed up with driving past all these churches in the UK that used to thrive, support the community, and feed the homeless.

Now, just look at these beautiful church buildings.

So many are boarded up, closed down, with developers queueing up to profit from converting them into flats.

I simply can’t accept that a building built to glorify Jesus for generations can be turned into something solely for profit.

So I’ve placed an offer on a church in my hometown.

My plan is to buy it and offer it completely free of charge, with zero rent, to a church willing to worship Jesus here and serve others.

What do you think of this idea?”