SHREVEPORT, La. -- In less than two weeks, one of the oldest churches in Shreveport will vote on its future -- specifically where the church will call home and worship.

Summer Grove Baptist Church has been around for more than 175 years, with the past 21 years occupying the location of the old South Park Mall. The building is more than 50 years old, and due to increased maintenance costs and insurance, church members feel like the time has arrived to vote on the future of the current building and where to meet.

The church acquired just over 82 acres of land at the southwest Shreveport site in 2004. The mall-turned-church includes about 851,200 square feet. The church only uses a fraction of the space but is responsible for all of it.

“Whether is it staying here and waiting for what God

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