eBay auction of vacant church nets $40,600 for charity
Published: October 30, 2005
An Indiana congregation that sold a vacant church on eBay for $40,600 is donating the proceeds to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The Rev. Randy Davis said he was extremely happy with the outcome of the project.
“If we had tried to sell this building locally, we might have raised between $5,000 and $15,000,” he told The Commercial Review of Portland.
“The $40,600 figure was beyond our expectations.”
Douglas Fleck, Stuart, Fla., bought the vacant North Meridian United Methodist Church in Redkey, 20 miles northeast of Muncie. He said he plans to convert it into a summer home.
Officials hope to set a closing date and complete the sale in about 30 days, said church member Jeff Miller.
The former North Meridian church building has been vacant since late last year when that congregation merged with Main Street United Methodist Church to form Redkey United Methodist Church.
Once the bidding concluded on the building, attention focused on the two continuing auctions for the church pews.
The 22 modern oak padded pews went for $3,003 to a church in Hagerstown, Davis said.
The 11 antique pine pews sold for $735 to a bidder from Illinois, Miller said.
Davis said the money raised from the sale of the pews will be kept separate from the money that will be donated to Katrina’s victims.
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