Evangelical church to buy Alaskan seafood plant

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Anchorage, Alaska, church is putting a 21st century twist on Jesus’ example to be “fishers of men.”

The state of Alaska has agreed to sell an old fish processing plant to an evangelical church for less than half of what it cost to build the plant.

ChangePoint, an evangelical Christian church, wants to buy the state-owned Alaska Seafood International plant for $24.5 million.

The 202,000-square-foot plant originally cost the state $50 million. It was designed as a factory to turn raw fish into prepackaged meals.

If the deal goes through, the property will be used as a church, an indoor sports complex, office space and meeting rooms.