Next, in 1873 a second land purchase was made, this time near the center of town, almost a full city block that had been an old market square, where slaves were once sold. The call soon went out for funds to help build a church on the very site where such evil had occurred.
Baadae ilinunuliwa ardhi nyengine katika mwaka 1873, ardhi hii ilikuwa karibu na kitovu cha mji ambalo ni jengo kubwa zima la mjini ambalo liliwahi kuwa uwanja wa soko kongwe, ambapo watumwa walikuwa wakiuzwa, Mara wito ulitolewa wa fedha kusaidia ujenzi wa kanisa katika eneo hilo ambao uovu huo wa biashara ya utumwa ulifanyika.