Posted in News Bitter battle erupts over the fate of derelict Stoke church with local businessman vowing to restore and renovate the building on the sole condition that it becomes a mosque September 30, 2024 The historic St John the Evangelist church in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, has not been used for worship since the tower was declared unsafe in the 1980s and it now faces an uncertain future. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13904933/Bitter-battle-erupts-fate-derelict-Stoke-church-mosque.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490