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Posted: 5:08 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013

Mount Vernon members mum on whether to accept offer for new stadium site

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Falcons tailgators Dave Clark (from left), Jonesboro, Pat Blakenship, Villa Rica, and Larry Rinicella, McDonough, raise their Falcons flag beside the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013, in Atlanta. The group has been renting tailgating space on the church grounds for years. On Thursday, the congregation will vote on whether to accept an offer for the church and move to make room for the new Falcons stadium.

By Steve Visser

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

If God is speaking to the congregation at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church on whether to accept $14.5 million offer, the members and the ministers are keeping his confidence.

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