The North Buxton Community Church is safe for the time being.
Lawyer for the North Buxton congregation Steve Pickard says, “that’s exactly what we asked the courts to do until they’ve won the right to stay in their church until the matter of who owns the church is properly dealt with.”
This comes after the British Methodist Episcopal Church, who claims ownership of the property, had tried to evict them earlier this year.
Pickard says the battle isn’t over yet, as both parties will enter a process to determine ownership, one that Pickard says will typically take about 2 years in the courts.
Until then, he says the congregation will continue to stay in the church as they head into a law suit against the BMEC.