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| The Bronx Household of Faith has held services in PS/MS 15 for the past nine years. |
[Editor’s note: This story appears in the latest issue of the Norwood News, which hits local streets today. Just a quick warning: this story is long and easily could have been longer. I’m planning a follow-up post to tackle some of the angles we couldn’t fit into this original piece.]
By Alex Kratz
When the leaders of Bronx Household of Faith, an evangelical Christian congregation based in University Heights, first approached the city, in 1994, about using its public schools to hold worship services, they didn’t think much of it. They certainly did not think they would find themselves, 17 years later, fighting for freedom of religion and speech as part of a back-and-forth legal case that could end up in front of the Supreme Court.
“It’s taken on a life of its own,” said Bob Hall, Bronx Household of Faith’s head pastor.