HOLDEN – The Board of Selectmen this week agreed to sell a lot in the DeBeck Business Park to a religious group in need of an administrative headquarters for its ministry.

According to Town Manager Larry Varisco, selectmen unanimously agreed to sell a lot of about 1 acre for just over $40,000.

Though the project headed by the Rev. Tiff Shuttlesworth of Lost Lamb Crusades would probably be eligible for tax-exempt status, Varisco said the organization has agreed to make annual payments to the town in lieu of taxes. That is one of the details town officials are working into the purchase and sales agreement for the lot.

According to Shuttlesworth’s Web site, the Bangor-based evangelist has traveled extensively throughout North America and other parts of the world to present the gospel. He is a recording artist, singer, songwriter and musician who has been featured on many Christian television and radio programs.

If all goes according to plan, Lost Lamb Crusades would become the park’s second tenant.

First to set up shop here was Richard Norton, who acquired a lot of slightly more than an acre for his business, ebidmortgage.com. Norton said earlier that his roughly 4,300-square-foot, single-story office building eventually could house between 20 and 25 employees.

Though Stonington Furniture reserved two lots in the park, that company’s plans to relocate from Wilson Street in Brewer are on hold, according to local officials.

Holden’s first business park was completed two years ago on a 40-acre site on busy U.S. Route 1A, a major travel corridor between the Bangor area and Bar Harbor. According to Bangor-area traffic counts, the route is one of the most heavily traveled in the area, second only to Interstate 95 at the Bangor-Hermon line.

After acquiring the land, the town divided roughly half of it into a dozen 1- to 2-acre lots and built and paved a winding interior road through the park. With the help of the Brewer Water District, the town brought public water to the site. The town also hooked three-phase electrical service to the site.