The Chronicle of Philanthropy

This Old House of the Lord

A Philadelphia charity helps save deteriorating religious buildings

The grand stone building that houses Calvary United Methodist Church had stood at 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia since 1906. But by the early 1990s, it had fallen into disrepair, and the church's membership had shrunk to a few dozen. Overwhelmed by responsibilities...

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