At 83 years old, Jerry Hicks still remembers the day he helped build his West Park church in the early 1960s. For him, the House of God church is more than just a place to worship on Sundays.
“I was there when we dug the foundation. I helped put steel in the ground. And we build that church, we birthed that church. That’s my baby,” Hicks said. “It’s my legacy.”
Hicks recalls celebrating his life’s best moments — family cookouts, fundraisers, barbecues — at the community church in West Park, a small city west of Hollywood. His history with the church is part of why Hicks, who serves as a deacon and board trustee, was shocked when he saw the “for sale” sign out front one morning…