County approves zoning for church

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  • The property for the proposed church at the corner of Gray Highway and Braswell Lake Road consists of more than eight acres with its entrance and exit from the highway. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff
    The property for the proposed church at the corner of Gray Highway and Braswell Lake Road consists of more than eight acres with its entrance and exit from the highway. DEBBIE LURIE-SMITH/Staff

    A local pastor appeared to practice what he preaches when he told a roomful of people that he loved each one of them after they essentially told him, not always politely, his church was not wanted in their neighborhood.

    A conditional use for the construction of a church at the corner of Gray Highway and Braswell Lake Road was the first Planning and Zoning item on the agenda of the Aug. 6 Board of C…