And if the endowment is there, at the beginning of takover distribute this wealth it among the poor. (I know free marketeers would hate it, they would rather take from the Church and the poor and give it to the rich or perverted as Henry VIII did)
The actual free-market position is that the money belongs to those who earned it.
In any event, distributing the money for projects that the congregation found worthy would reduce the church's value as a takeover target for the Left. And if the money was used for purposes that would advance conservative Christianity (scholarships for poor-but-smart conservative Christian kids) it would have the Left gnashing their teeth. A two-fer