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Lifelong members of Flat Rock UMC Church, Johnny Waits and Vera Whitaker, outside their new sanctuary in 2004, just before its dedication. The church, built at a cost of $1 million, is on the brink of foreclosure. “We don’t have any money,” Whittaker says. “SunTrust wants us to go.”
Church in historic community may face foreclosure
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Flat Rock United Methodist Church – one of DeKalb’s oldest churches – is on the brink of losing the $1 million sanctuary it opened with great fanfare in 2004. The church, which was founded by ex-slaves, has anchored the historic Flat Rock Community in Lithonia since 1860. Its 156 members, who took the ceremonial march into the new 350-seat sa...
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