No separation of church and real estate

A real estate broker in Minnesota has moved his real estate business into a church building, The Daily Journal newspaper of Fergus Falls, Minn., reports.

Robert Jennings of Robert Jennings Realty, a former IBM employee, bought the 115-year-old church building for $48,000, according to the article. The building had served as a church until last year, when the congregation moved to a new building.

The pews, organ and stoves were removed before Jennings moved his business into the building, and his desk sits in the vicinity of where the altar formerly stood. The downstairs area of the building, which had served as a church kitchen, is now occupied by a massage therapist.

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