Boom-years borrowing hits churches

Loans dry up, foreclosures and delinquencies rise for houses of worship

Add houses of worship to the list of casualties of the mortgage crisis.

Foreclosures and delinquencies for congregations are rising, according to companies that specialize in church mortgages. With credit scarce, church construction sites have gone quiet, holding shells of sanctuaries that were meant to be completed months ago.

Congregants have less money to give, and pastors who stretched to buy property in the boom are struggling to ... Full Story »

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by Dale Penn - Mar. 15, 2009

Reasonably in depth coverage from the AP, with insight into a story that was likely hard to cover given the closed lipped nature of churches on their finances. There must be successful church development projects out there yet that information is not provided. it's difficult to tell from this story just how widespread this problem is.

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