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Ith over 120 million Americans under wind chill alerts this month, churches across the nation have been stepping up to provide warm shelters for the unhoused around them. However, a significant number of churches have had to fight their local authorities for the right to do so.
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The city of Edwardsville announced it would suspend the citation issued against the First Baptist Church of Edwardsville for operating an overnight warming shelter without a permit.
Church running emergency homeless shelter says it doesn't need a permit. Edwardsville disagrees.
The city says the church doesn't have the proper zoning permits to operate as a warming shelter.