Wrightbus went into administration last week with the loss of 1,200 jobs.
Jeff Wright is a pastor at Green Pastures Church and owns a controlling stake in a company which was one of the UK’s main bus builders and supplied the “Boris Bus” red double decker Routemaster when the Prime Minister was London mayor.
Green Pastures is a Christian charity and received £15 million in donations from the Co Antrim firm when it was profitable.
Mr Wright said a lot of former workers were afraid and scared about the future.
He told the congregation at Sunday worship: “They don’t know what way to turn, so we must be mindful of that.”
He said negotiations to save the company were at a delicate stage.
“I won’t jeopardise the future so I can look good.”
He received a standing round of applause in the church.
Protesters outside Green Pastures church in Ballymena during a Sunday Service
The decision to spend company dividends on the evangelical church has been criticised by some former workers and some held banners to that effect on Sunday.
Mr Wright said: “I am so sorry that this church has to go through what they went through, I never thought this would happen.”
He said he had fought to build Wrightbus into a world-class entity through crisis after crisis and maintained its reputation for quality and integrity.
He added: “It…
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