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STACKHOUSE GIVES MOM A CHURCH HOUSE: NBA 'Baller' blesses mom and hometown doubly.
The new church is located in his hometown Kinston, NC in the heart of "the hood" which keeps her close to the lives she would like to touch. She hopes to deter young people from the vices of drugs and poverty that surround them.
"She now has a place where she feels she can best manage her programs and best serve the community," Stackhouse said.
Pastor Stackhouse could have asked her millionaire baby for a new property instead of a fixer-upper, but preferred being in the midst of the concrete mission field. And besides, the new church is a stark improvement from her "old country church" with contemporary amenities including a new sound system.
The Stackhouse family (Jerry is the youngest of 11) and more than 300 attendees witnessed the church dedication last Sunday. Mayor Pro-Temp Robert A. Swinson IV was on hand to presented Minnie Stackhouse with a medallion in recognition of her community service.
To the packed house the generous son said, "She knew I wasn't going to tell her no." His 'yes' to paying for the $500,000 church's facelift was an answered prayer.
Pastor Stackhouse, 77 was overwhelmed with joy: "I don't know what the future here will be, but God does." Another local pastor, Ernest Fisher of Integrity Ministries in Kinston, lauds House of Hope as the light at the end of the tunnel, “This church is dedicated to reach the people of our community,” he said. “There are a lot of positive things going on here ... maybe some of these people will come into this House of Hope to get help.”
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