Christian Science Monitor

Plans call for the church to vacate the 28-floor administrationbuilding and the Colonade, a 525-foot building abutting thechurch's reflecting pool, and move employees into anotherchurch-owned property. A church spokesman says they have not yetmade a decision on whether to sell or lease the other buildings."The board of directors will maintain control over the plaza andthose two buildings but we have not yet decided what to do withthem."

The spokesman tells GlobeSt.com that the decision to sell theNewton and Lynn homes "was not an easy one" but with renovations toboth properties expected to run into the millions, church officialsopted to sell the landmark buildings in order to focus on thechurch's mission of Christian healing. "When so many institutionsare looking to historical buildings for their identity, this churchis looking at action for their identity and that action ishealing."