Atlanta church saved from auction block after Channel 2 investigation WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta church in danger of being sold on the courthouse steps in a matter of days because of a tax debt is getting a reprieve after a Channel 2 Action News story.

Channel 2 consumer investigator Justin Gray caught up with Pastor Jahmaul Williams of Solid Rock Christian Ministries as he was about to hand deliver documents proving the church’s tax-exempt status to the Fulton County Tax Assessor.

“We have our 501c3 paperwork, we have bylaws, we have articles of incorporation. We’re recognized through the IRS as well as the state to be tax exempt,” Williams said.

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Two weeks ago, Channel 2 Action News Investigates told you how the church was in danger of losing its home of four decades on rapidly gentrifying Huff Road in Northwest Atlanta.

After decades of being exempt from property taxes, Fulton County started charging the church taxes in 2017.

But …