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And the situation has shed a light on a problem facing churches across the country.
Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.
It's Thursday, December 18th.
Coming up on the show, who should own the Central Church of Christ?
The church at the center of this fight was co-founded in 1925 by a man called A.M.
He was a well-to-do insurance executive in Nashville who had a strong sense of faith.
Burton named it the Central Church of Christ.
And it did more than just preach the gospel.
The church was a community center.
It fed the homeless and provided medical services.
It even had a daycare.
At its height, the church had hundreds of members.
But in the decades following World War II, more and more people started moving into the newly developed suburbs outside the city.
And as they did, its membership declined.
But the church still had some valuable assets.
The church is tax-exempt as a house of worship, and the building itself is valued at $11 million, according to a 2025 assessment.
And those two parking lots bring in about $40,000 a month.
Altogether, the church had some $3 million in the bank.