STANTON SCHOOL PURCHASED BY CHURCH GROUP

Stanton Elementary School has been purchased by the Rubyville Community Church and will become the new site of the worldwide Christian ministry of Evangelistic Outreach.

The Stanton school building was built in 1913 and demolition was completed recently.  The property went out to bid on April 1, and there were two bidders vying for purchase.  The bidding started at $20,000 and Rubyville Community Church won the auction with a bid of $45,000.

Evangelistic Outreach will move their operations from Ironton to New Boston.  Calvin Ray Evans, the director of Evangelistic Outreach, says the plans to build the new structure were being completed and the ministry had been looking for a location to expand for some time.

Evangelistic Outreach was founded 56 years ago as a radio ministry by Evans's father, Dr. Calvin Evans.  In the past six decades it has expanded from being on a local radio station to reaching people around the world through television, literary ministry, missionary ministry and the internet.

I am very happy to welcome the Evangelistic Outreach ministry to our community.  This will insure that the property that once housed the Stanton school will not sit vacant for long and the surrounding neighborhood will continue to have a visible and active entity operating in that area for years to come.

Mike Payton
4-14-2013