Maggie's Farm

Yes, The Episcopal Church USA has just done the same thing. Begun to consolidate parishes, so they can control the flow of information, while at the same time develop very, very, very valuable real estate. It does not mattter to them that those churches were bought and paid for by the local congregation. Oh no! Just push those oldtimers out of the pews, preach your "collaborative" theology to young parents searching for a moral foundation for their children.
Along the way if you abandon the Bible, the 10 Commandments, and your local leaders act like union thugs lying, deceiving, cheating, manipulating--well not to worry at least they have a good real estate project on their vitae, so they can apply for the next Bishop's job. Meanwhile, the old timers whose money, and time went into the ownership of that real estate--well, they are meeting in a conference room above the local grocery store, because they agreed to the property belonged to the corporation