Word of Life Family Worship Center

This is the first GoFundMe project I have ever started. I have particapted with in local crowdfunding campaigns and have been impressed that it has made a difference in a few lives in our community of Rutherford County Tennessee, which is just 20  miles southeast of Nashville. The Word of Life Family Worship Center in LaVergne Tennessee, an african american Church was locked out of their own newly constructed facility. The small Church has struggled to build a new worship center and was excited upon its completion only to be told they couldn't use the building due to the City of LaVergne  not issuing an occupancy permit. Fortunately the neighbouring Church of Christ next door allowed them to conduct Church services there during their long burdensome and costly dispute with City Hall. The Pastor, Wellington Johnson is a good man who cares deeply for the community and his congregation; many of the congregation do not have much financial means and are elderly. I know the Church has strugged financially with with expenses and legal fees (The Pastor is unaware of this project and hopefully doesn't get upset that I've started this-lol), if you can help $5 to $5,000 it would be much appreciated. Feel free to contact the The Word of Life family Worship Center directly to help. Below is an article that our local newspaper, The Daily News Journal (DNJ.com) first published the story last year. the newspaper's editor Taylor Loyal and writers Christopher Merchant and Brian Wilson deserve much credit for bringing awareness to the small Church's desperate plight which was a front page story as well as printed in the Tennessean and USA Today newspapers. http://www.dnj.com/story/news/local/la-vergne/2015/01/05/word-life-church-open-facility-injunction/21299967/