New, growing church buys Lexington building that previously housed LexCity Church
A new church is bringing life back to a vacant Lexington building in a prominent location.
Ukrainian Pentecostal Church, which currently holds services in Jessamine County, has bought the building that used to house LexCity Church, near Fayette Mall. LexCity Church closed in 2024 after Executive Pastor Zachary King was charged with several sex crimes involving a minor.
Ukrainian Pentecostal’s current building, just outside Fayette County is up for sale. Once renovations are complete at the Lexington location, the church will move its entire congregation to 410 Sporting Court. Those renovations should be done by mid-April, said Ivan Timoshchuk, Ukrainian Pentecostal treasurer.
The move will help Ukrainian Pentecostal accommodate its growing congregation: The church has 1,300 members, but it draws about 2,200 people to Sunday morning services, Timoshchuk said.
The church’s current building seats only about 1,000 people, so it offers two services on Sunday mornings to accommodate. Once the move is done, the church will be able to consolidate and have one Sunday morning service, since the new building seats 2,600 people.
“Everybody’s going to fit together, so we don’t have to have a divided congregation,” Timoshchuk said.
410 Sporting Court
The 93,328 square-foot building housed LexCity Church beginning in 2005 . The church fell into financial distress after King’s arrest in July 2024, and it announced it would permanently close that same month.
King’s case is ongoing.
The building was foreclosed before being purchased by Ukrainian Pentecostal Church in November 2024 for $9 million, according to Fayette County property records.
The property is 13.8 acres and has 600 parking spaces.
This story was originally published February 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM.