MADISON (WKOW) — Sunday brought another pair of drive-up and virtual services at Mount Zion Baptist Church. This Sunday also included church leaders launching a fundraising effort to pay off the church’s remaining debt.
“It’ll be amazing for us to say ‘that’s our property, that’s ours, it belongs to us,” said Rev. Marcus Allen, the church’s pastor. “That we paid off the debt, that we accomplished that goal.”
Currently, a little more than 10 percent of Black families in Dane County own their own homes. It’s one of the worst rates in a state that ranks among the nation’s worst for Black home ownership.