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Friendship Baptist Church to move into a temporary location in the spring

October 28th, 2013

One of the two churches that sold its property to build a new Atlanta Falcons stadium could have a temporary home shortly before next summer. Friendship Baptist Church sold its property for 19 and a half million dollars as part of a deal to build the new stadium. Click “play” to listen to the radio story

Friendship has been tight-lipped on its relocation plans. But this weekend Reverend Emmanuel McCall said they are finalizing a deal for a temporary location.

“We’re thinking towards the last of May we will possibly be going to a temporary location and then the selection of the site will be finalized by then, and we’ll be ready to get started again”.

McCall says the church will stay at a temporary location until a new permanent church is complete.

“We’re going to have to build and that was the reason on the insisting on the financial arrangement. We weren’t just going to go to another church facility”.

McCall maintains the new church will remain close to Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood.

For WABE New’s, I’m Aleck Ragsdale