OTHERS FIND CHAMPION EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF BOSTONIANS CROWD THE OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE, NOT TO PHOTOGRAP HISTORY, BUT TO RE-CREATE IT.
>> WE WILL NOT PAY THAT TAX!
SHAYNA THE ANNUAL BOSTON TEA PARTY RE-CREATION, PERFORMED IN THE ACTUA ROOM WHERE IT STARTED IN 1773, IS UNIQUELY BOSTON.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT LIVING IN BOSTON IS THAT WE ARE A CITY THAT HAS ALWAYS TAKEN PRESERVING I PAST SERIOUSLY.
I THINK CHURCHES DO THAT.
SHAYNA: BUT WHO WILL SAVE THE CHURCHES?
WITH THE FATEFUL AGING AND THE CONGREGATION TRACKING, THE TASK OF PRESERVING THESE GATHERING SPOTS IS GETTING HARDER.
IF WE WERE TO LOSE THESE BUILDINGS, FOR M PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD BE LOSING A CRITICAL PART OF THE CITY’S DNA.
WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY AS ST.
JAMES AFRICAN ORTHOD CHURCH BEGAN AS THE NORWEGIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
SHAYNA THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HISTORIC BOSTON INC.
>> H IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DEVELOPS BUILDINGS FOR NEW USES.
SHAYNA: H STEPPED IN WHEN MEMBERS OF THIS HIGHLY PARK COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND THE CHURCH SET FOR DEMOLITION.
>> THE NEIGHBORHOO RALLIED THOUSANDS OF THOSE SIGNATURES AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT WITH THE HELP OF MAYOR WALSH.
SHAYNA: THIS STRUCTURE WILL BECOME A PART OF HIGHLAND PARK’S FUTURE AS WE AS A CONNECTION TO ITS PAST.
>> THE THING THAT IS WONDERFUL TO HISTORI CHURCHES, YOU SEE PLAYERS OF TIME.
THTHERE ARE NORWEGIAN NAMES IN THE STATE BEST WINDOWS, BUT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE ORTHODOX IMMUNITY.
THIS CAN BE A RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
SHAYNA: FOR PEOPLE OF FAITH, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
>> NEVER PREDICT THAT IN LESS THAN 100 YEARS, MOST CHURCHES--THERE WERE PREDICTIONS TH IN LESS THAN 1 YEARS, MOST CHURCHES WOULD BE FRAGMENTS OF WHAT THEY
WERE.
I DON’T SEE THAT MATERIALIZING.
I THINK ALL OF THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A ROBUST FUTURE FOR AMERICAN RELIGION.
BUT IT IS GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT EVEN FROM HOW IT LOOKS TODAY.
SHAYNA: TWO PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE WORSHIP AT THE CHURCH WHERE WE STARTED THE SHOW, JUBILEE.
HERE, THE PASTOR AND HIS WIFE ARE VERY TO OPEN A BRAND-NEW CAMPUS, EXTENDING THE REACH OF NEW ENGLAND’S LARGEST CHURCH.
WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT LEGACY THAT MY FATHER LAID IN MY BROTHER’S CONTINUING AND NOW WE ARE CONTINUING.
SHAYNA THE NEW LOCATION IS APPARENTLY GOD AND "CHRONICL "-APPROVED.
>> I TURNED ON THE TV AND THERE WAS A "CHRONICLE" SPECIAL ON WORCESTER AND IT SAID, WHY WORCESTER?
GOD, ARE YOU WATCHING ME RIGHT NOW?
THAT WAS A CONFIRMATION FOR ME.
SHAYNA STARTING ANY NEW VENTURE HAS RISK, BUT THESE BELIEVERS ARE CONFIDENT AMERCO IS COMING.
>> THIS IS THE SEASON OF WALKING ON WATER.
>> ALL WE CAN DO IS TRUST HIM AND HE WILL TAKE HER OF THE REST.
SHAYNA: ONE BIG BUYER OF CHURCH BUILDINGS, DEVELOPERS.
THE CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH SOLD ITS SOUTH END PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN $3 MILLION TO A DEVELOPER.
THE CONGREGATION RELOCATED TO MILTON.
THE FORMER HOUSE OF WORSHIP IS NOW LUXURY APARTMENTS.
ONE OF THE APARTMENTS RECENTLY WENT ON THE MARKET FOR $3.1 MILLIO THAT’S "CHRONICLE" FOR TONIGHT.
WE LEAVE YOU ON THIS GOOD FRIDAY WITH A MOMENT OF ZEN.
I AM SHAYNA SEYMOUR.
STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY, EVERYONE, AND GOOD NIGHT