The Parishioners, the Pulpit and the Property;Southeast's Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church Is at the Center of a Six-Sided Squabble

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 27, 1990| Author: | Copyright information

Will the real owner of the historic Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church please stand up?

Two groups of current and former parishioners say they own it. The minister who used to preach there controlled it-at least until he and other church leaders sold it for $450,000. The inner-city real estate speculator who bought it now wants to sell it. And two religious organizations-a Jewish temple and an excommunicated African American Catholic splinter group-have considered purchasing it.

A contentious legal dispute that reaches back more than two decades is coming to a head this fall before the D.C. ...

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