ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – Pastor Melvin Brown from Kingdom Authority International knows there are skeptics. Sitting at a desk inside Mercyhealth’s former hospital building on Rockford’s west side, he recites the criticism he’s heard.
“It’s a Black organization that’s got it, and they don’t have the understanding how to bring it about,” said the Pastor.
Alongside Pastor Shelia Brown, his wife, the pair cofounded the Unity in the Community Development Center at the former hospital. The pair signed papers for the 708,749 square-foot space in August, purchasing it for $1…