by Emma Davey 
Park Church Co-op (129 Russell Street), which defines itself as “a Lutheran ministry focused on radical love of the neighbor through welcome and invitation” recently received the devastating news they will be forced to cease church services by January 2022. This closure will also affect its status as a neighborhood gathering space and will end contracts with various local tenants by June 2022.
The Church is operated by the Metropolitan New York Synod,which is…
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Closing church for cash???
Not very inspiring
Is Park Church, formerly Messiah Lutheran , (still) associated with St. John’s Lutheran on Milton Street.? I lived on Morgan Ave. and fondly remember the congregants of Messiah Lutheran. I play ata LutherAn church which has left the Synod.