Per Lefty’s scoop last May, it appears Our Saviour Lutheran Church is in fact for sale, and will likely be slated for demolition and redevelopment – confirms this week’s Brooklyn Paper.

Our Saviour’s situation parallels that of their Methodist neighbors on Ovington and 4th avenues — not to mention that of their next door neighbor, Congregation Sheiris Israel, who just last week announced their intent to sell to developers — but with little, to none of the fervent protestations which characterized the Green church imbroglio.

Rev. Craig Miller, Pastor of Our Saviour Luthern, has said the revenue generated from the pre-school is insufficient to maintain the church structure itself (with expenses hovering around 100K a year) from a congregation of about 40.

Miller’s plans, should the structure be demolished, consist of a mixed use building with some type of ground floor storefront, with residential units just above.

The monies generated from such a sale would, “[free] ourselves from the burden of these buildings… [and] focus on ministry,” according to Rev. Miller.

Contrastingly, Green Church Preservationists who have been locked in a bitter struggle with the Methodist congregation and its pastor have recently ramped up talk of an adaptive reuse of the Green Church, consisting of a performing arts space.

Which, interestingly enough, could be the perfect venue for local blogger, and former big time Hollywood movie actor Mark Brown’s production, “China the Whole Enchilada.”

Of course, if you cant wait for a bunch of people to save the Green Church and turn it into a neat adaptive reuse project – you can always catch Mark Brown’s “China the Whole Enchilada” at the NYC Fringe Festival this August 8th – 24th.

(photo courtesy: Left in Bay Ridge)