The church was restored in 1870, and affords 120 sittings.

Without selling some of the land, the church could not afford to finance the building of new facilities, the monsignor said.

He continued to work as an ironmonger, due almost certainly to the fact that the church could not afford to pay him as a full-time elder.

Alarm systems might help, but most local churches and small towns cannot afford them.

Beyond a divine impetus, he suggests that Harlem was where his church could afford a suitable space.

This doctrine supported the idea that Rome and the church here also afforded primacy over all other churches.

They discovered they were in the same predicament: each church needed a full-time spiritual leader but could not afford one.

It isn't a question of whether the church can afford it.

Minei were extremely expensive, so some churches couldn't afford them.

But I suppose they could kidnap him and as for a £33billion ransom - the church could easily afford that.