The faith leader who stands behind the pulpit in your house of worship each week may be silently weeping inside, filled with despair and overcome with the exhaustion that comes from unfailingly putting the needs of a congregation before his or her own....It’s not happening in every church, synagogue or mosque, of course, and many clergy members successfully balance their work and personal lives.
UPDATE on June 3, 2014: Clark Atlanta University and the African Methodist Episcopal Church have filed objections to the sale of Morris Brown College....The AME Church, which has loaned Morris Brown millions of dollars to continue operations, claims that a $14.6 million purchase offer is not enough to cover the $18.6 million in debt the college owes it,...
If you remember, the City of Atlanta offered to give Friendship Baptist Church of Atlanta $19.5 million to move their church so the Atlanta Falcons could acquire the lad for a new stadium. Well, they did accept the offer back in September of last year but now the two buying and selling partners have come together to buy another land.
Friendship Baptist and City of Atlanta have collectively offered to buy the 37-acre campus of Morris Brown College for $12.6 million in west Atlanta.