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The church's membership grew so large that a speaker system had to be installed outside, and by 1949, the church's membership was estimated to be 10,000. [1] [4] A new church building was built in 1949; the new sanctuary featured a 2,800 seat auditorium and reportedly cost $2 million (equivalent to $26,430,769 in 2024).
With membership declining, the Akron congregation sold its 29-acre property and 363,000-square-foot buildings for $1.5 million in 2018 to the Word Church, which put the complex up for sale a year ...
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2603 Benton Ave, Akron Founded in 1943, church dedicated in 1946 [50] St. Paul 433 Mission Dr, Akron Founded in 1919, church dedicated in 2003 [51] St. Sebastian 476 Mull Ave, Akron Founded in 1928, church dedicated in 1960 [52] St. Vincent de Paul 164 W Market St, Akron Founded in 1837 for Irish immigrants, the first Catholic parish in Akron.
Akron's plan to level the site of one of the country's first megachurches is moving full speed ahead. The former Akron Baptist Temple campus, most recently known as The Word Church, is just a few ...
Akron Baptist Temple sold the church and its 29 acres in June 2018 for $1.5 million to The Word Church. Overextended and underattended, The Word put a $3.9 million for-sale sign on the location up ...
At the time, it was still home to the church that had built it, [2] although the congregation has since merged with another Disciples church; [4] the combined congregation worships on Akron's Darrow Road, [5] and the building at 864 Market Street has become home to the Summit Academy Secondary School, an alternative school. [6]