Article: ST. PAUL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH'S CONGREGATION HOPES THE DEDICATION OF THEIR NEW BUILDING ENDS 25 YEARS OF STRUGGLE.|Through fire, flood, fraud

Sylvia Barnett (top) and Carrie Perry, both of Joliet, clean a glass wall (above) surrounding the baptistry Friday at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church's new building at 1404 S. Briggs St. in Joliet. A dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. today kicks off a week-long celebration with daily events marking the opening of the new church. The Rev. Edward Martin Jr. stands outside St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church's new building (right) on Friday.

The congregation of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church struggled through nearly 25 years of turmoil, through fire, flood and fraud, and today it has reached the finish line. "It's been a horrendous ordeal that St. Paul has been through," church member Joyce ...

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