Monthly Archives: August 2007

In 2007 the church building was bought by a housing cooperation, Ymere, and was officially deconsecrated. As a result of neighbourhood advocacy, the city council decided to enlist the church as a monument. This meant that Ymere could not demolish the building. Its plans to convert the church into an apartment block never materialised due to the financial crisis. In the meantime, the building remained vacant. It was used temporarily by artists, who had to leave when the parish judged their art to be offensive.