Summary
The place celebrates its 100th anniversary this weekend. It is a triumph not so much of age as of an idea.
The idea -- kept alive through two pastors and touching on five decades -- is to open the parish's arms to people who live on the city's toughest streets. Countless inner-city churches closed or relocated to the suburbs. Meanwhile, Resurrection Lutheran Church grew from an outpost into an oasis (See the story at video.buffalonews.com).See the full content of this document
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Not Just Masses, but a Mission
The streets surrounding the corner of Genesee and Doat are a postcard for urban blight. Amid the abandoned houses, vacant lots and curbside drug deals are people -- ...
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