A spokesman said he couldn't comment on specific hosts.

There is no debt but the spend per year in salaries, upkeep, and ministries is becoming too large to ignore compared to worship offerings, lease income from tenants/school, and a small amount of interest income.

Then there's a Christian ministry school that draws about 3000 students, but have no dorm space, so it's a huge cottage industry renting room space, and getting far higher ROI than typical rentals.

One was in youth ministry, and the other group was just some young friends who wanted to hike and ride horses in the mountains.

Keep repeating to yourself that this is a business, not a ministry.

I have been approached by a church who'd like to rent the property for a men's ministry.

The husband has Missouri roots, so maybe a great candidate.I myself am changing careers from 20 years of ministry work to full time real estate.

One thing 20 years in ministry (and a decade of landlording) have taught me is that when people find out that you give handouts, you end up getting more people who want handouts.

Raymond, Kelly Wherry in our office rents to etsu college students from her husbands ministry.

I guess the Ministry of Truth is trying to kill the term.