-Caveat Lector- This is an interesting item re Jesse Jackson's investments and friends doing the work of God. Now it would seem to me that by the words of the leader of this Church the Church lost its non profit status. What about the little church in Indianapolis the Feds are trying to take away - were they bad or something - did they try to "stuff Christ" down people's throats - is this why it is being destroyed and why Jackson and garbage like Al Sharpton were involveld in tax monies - did this center ever get off ground - this one particular center and can a white church take advantage of alla these free giveaways - is this separation of Church and State Jackson style? Seems to me the little Church in Indianapolis needs a good attorney to investigate some of this stuff.....Jesse Jackson - is he guilty of blackmail as some seem to believe? Maybe these little Christian churches should all unite and threaten to boycott or is the word BLACKMAIL, which is surely still a crime in this country Seems to me these people lost that non profit status a long, long time ago I wonder, does the Catholic Church have the right to federal funding too? And the true Arabs - ISLAM......The Catholic Church built their own schools didn't they.......because it seems there is something called separation of Church and State - ever hear of kick backs? As taxpapers we should demand a complete investigation into these matters - no wonder Jesse could afford a $350,000 for his prostitute paramour and $10,000 a month for his little bastard daughter....(that is the legal term, bastard).......wouldn't it be fun now to go into Al Sharpton's financial interests who too has lived off the kindness of others? Like a Hill and Bill Clinton whostole more than just the silverware from the taxpayers. So I had a dream these were a bunch of thieves - do we have an interest in this venture, after all it is our tax money?? And street people only got a pack of cigaettes for voting for the democrats - Saba 'Dream' shopping center proposed for Newark 01/17/00 By Nikita Stewart STAFF WRITER Metropolitan Baptist Church unveiled its "dream" for Newark yesterday as Mayor Sharpe James and the Rev. Jesse Jackson joined the Rev. David Jefferson Sr. in announcing plans for a major shopping center on Springfield Avenue. The church is teaming up with the city and the nonprofit New Community Corp. to develop a $16.6 million "Newark Towne Center" to be anchored by a Kmart department store. The announcement followed a 21/2-hour tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jefferson, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist, called the plan "the most expansive development by a black institution in the history of Newark." In an earlier interview, Jefferson defined King's dream as not just social equality but "economic liberation." "I think we've done the dream an injustice by going to the church and singing," said Jefferson, who works as an executive at AT&T. "We need to act on it." Springfield Avenue, ground zero for the 1967 riots, is being resurrected by the church's development arm, Resurrection Urban Development Corp., Jefferson said. Resurrection and New Community Corp. will develop a 115,000-square-foot Kmart, a service station and a family restaurant, James said. The shopping center will be bounded by Springfield and South Orange avenues and Jones and Broome streets. James and Jefferson signed two enlarged contracts, one for Kmart and one a promise by the church to develop more projects, with a giant pen a little larger than the length of a lower human arm. Newark's development corporation will provide about $5.9 million in federal funds and another $500,000 will come from state environmental funds, said Al Faiella, Newark's deputy mayor for economic development and housing. Faiella said the other $10 million could come from Prudential, which has signed a letter of intent to put up loans for the development. Kmart also signed a letter of intent last month, Faiella said. Kmart would actually build and operate its store while the two nonprofits would be responsible for other operations, such as security, he said. The development has been a long time coming, Faiella said. "The city has cleared the site over the last 10 or 11 years," he said. "Supermarkets were poised to start construction, but things fell through." Construction could begin in six months and would take another year to complete, Faiella said. The original developer of the Newark Towne Center was K. Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., which signed a 1986 contract with the city to build the shopping center. The city dropped Hovnanian as the developer last year because the city felt Hovnanian was taking too long to develop the property. The president of Hovnanian said his firm should be reimbursed more than $1 million for blueprints, marketing studies and environmental assessments. Faiella said the city has come up with a "gentleman's agreement" to settle the dispute. He would not disclose the details. In addition to the new Towne Center, Metropolitan will be the sole developer of other projects, which include a bank, a medium-priced hotel, a Bible college, a training center and assisted living for the elderly. Jefferson said the church has not nailed down funding for those projects although he believes money will be raised from federal dollars, banks and the congregation. Jackson said Jefferson is responsible for ushering in a new attitude shared by more ministers around the country today. "He's a new-generation prophet (profit) preacher," said Jackson. Jefferson has been pastor of the church for the five years. When he arrived, the church had 2,000 members. The congregation has swelled to more than 4,000. Like Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, Metropolitan plans to get entrepreneurs who want to make a profit by investing in the development project. The move differs from other Newark churches, which have stuck to nonprofit ventures, he said. "We are a machine. It's rolling," he said. "We need to stop cramming Christ down people's throats. We are (also) about economic liberation." He told the congregation that the old saying "it's holy to be broke" is dead and gone. "I believe that it is a crime to be holy and broke," he said. 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