Courtesy of Agape Press:

By Chad Groening
November 30, 2005

(AgapePress) – A 300-member evangelical church in France may be evicted from its building thanks to pressure from the growing Muslim population in the area. The lease on the church’s current building expires today (Nov. 30).

The Temple de Paris Church is located in the Paris suburb of Bagnolet. In the past 11 years, the congregation has had to relocate six times. Now its ability to continue meeting at its present 1,000-square-meter, 8,000 euros/month location is in jeopardy. Christine Thabot, the wife of the church’s pastor, says the church has been working for the past few months to obtain the proper permits to purchase the building. But then a local Muslim cleric demanded a permit for a mosque.

According to Thabot, the imam essentially requested that if the church were granted the permits, he should also be granted permission for the mosque. To which the town hall responded, says the pastor’s wife: “Okay, if this is such a major problem, then we want you both out now.”

read more...

Sphere It