Sainsbury's want to build a supermarket on land adjacent to a religious retreat in the village.
Christians use the medieval prayer house as a sanctuary for silent prayer and reflection.
Tonight members of the House of Prayer are meeting to plan their campaign. They say they will do whatever it takes to keep the developers at bay and have collected 700 signatures opposing the plans. The big supermarket chains are used to fighting for the right to build but taking on God is a new one and Sainsbury's are taking the softly-softly approach The firm says the store they want to build would be small. T o have distractions like trolleys bashing around and cars coming and going when you're trying to concentrate on what God has to say to you would be just another distraction that we're trying to get away from. A branch of Tesco opened and the shop shut within a year.