The Soup Kitchen That Closed for a Building Campaign
In 2014, a church in Decatur, Georgia, shuttered its Thursday night soup kitchen. The reason was practical — they needed the fellowship hall cleared for...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Hosea 6:6.
In 2014, a church in Decatur, Georgia, shuttered its Thursday night soup kitchen. The reason was practical — they needed the fellowship hall cleared for a $2. 3 million capital campaign kickoff. Glossy brochures replaced folding tables. Donation thermometers stood where bread baskets had been. The building would feature a new worship center with theatrical lighting and stadium seating for twelve hundred.…
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