This was not to condemn other Christians for handling their appeals more publicly. But it was the agreed way ahead for St Nick's. The Sevenoaks Chronicle covered the story well, and kept the townspeople in the picture as to the progress. Here was a seven-figure building fund, and the first figure was not a one. The sheer magnitude of the amount was news itself, and it became a topic of dinner party conversation across town.
Public money is one thing.
This was personal money.