[Update on Auction Outcome] Chief Judge Signs Order of Foreclosure on Ignite Life Center

Update | August 13:

The auction received no interest whatsoever from any outside buyer, meaning ownership should revert to GenFi Ministries.

At this time, it's unclear what GenFi's plans are for the property.

Update | August 10: The Ignite Life Center auction appears to be moving forward at 11:00 a.m. this Thursday. Depending on the level of interest in the auction, GenFi Ministries may reclaim the property via credit bid, meaning they can effectively bid what Ignite Life Center owes them without putting down cash.

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On June 3, 2026, Chief Judge William Davis signed an order of foreclosure against Ignite Life Center Church in their legal dispute against GenFi Ministries for not submitting mortgage/promissory note payments. The church will be placed for sale at an auction if they don't pay over $1.9 million to GenFi.

This comes amid several criminal and civil cases involving child sexual abuse at Ignite Life Center.

Ignite Life Center will be publicly listed for sale at an auction on August 13, 2026, if the payment is not made, the order states.

A foreclosure website for Alachua County indicates that Ignite Life Center is set to be placed for sale at said date. The website doesn't name the church but it shows the corresponding judgement amount and case number for their foreclosure case.

GenFi told the court that Ignite Life Center stopped making payments in July 2025.

"[Ignite Life Center] does not dispute that the payments have not been made," asserted GenFi. "[Ignite Life Center]'s sole defense to this action is that [we] purportedly did not send a pre-suit demand... [We] sent a pre-suit notice of default to [Ignite Life Center], and [Ignite Life Center] failed to make the payments due."

A source with connection to the cases advised that Ignite Life Center leadership intends to leave the Gainesville property and to re-establish themselves at a new location. Pastor and leader of Ignite Life Center, Mark Vega, reportedly launched a $50,000 campaign to pay for relocation and secure a new building.

Vega is currently on pretrial release and faces a count of failing to report suspected child abuse, a felony carrying maximum sentence of five years in prison. Vega reportedly concealed and failed to report several child sexual abuse incidents in his church. Vega has a case management hearing scheduled for July 6.