Lawrence church ordered to shut down tent community that let homeless residents stay on church property

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A Lawrence church was ordered to shut down its tent community that provided homeless people a place to stay on church property.

On Thursday, House of Mercy Church received a cease and desist order from the City of Lawrence. The church is being fined $300 per day for each of its four violations, the church wrote in a Facebook post…

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