This is a picture of a church in Washington, D.C. which has been turned into condos – but don’t feel sorry for the church, which is nearing completion of a new $14 million facility in the Maryland suburbs, closer to where its congregation now lives. They took advantage of high prices for the real estate they owned, and decided to leave a much-loved but outdated building. How nice that the building itself hasn’t been lost; someone will have a nice home. The church is the Way of Cross Church of Christ, a small African-American Pentecostal denomination begun by the senior pastor’s (now Presiding Bishop’s) father. They’ve struggled through the years, no doubt, but they’ve grown to 50 churches in the USA and more than that in Nigeria and India. Now we’re having tough times too, but churches should be growing; they’re more needed than ever, even if most people don’t know it. (via Washington Post)
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