Galilee 5th & Dunleith project a game changer for affordable housing in the city

Since the 1950s when the church was first founded, Galilee Missionary Baptist Church has been a trendsetter. They were the first church in the city to use bonds for building purposes, and they were the first Black church to have worship service televised. Although a lot has changed over the years, Galilee is still the innovators they were 70 years ago and soon they will be one of the first churches in Winston-Salem to invest in growing the housing stock.  Here’s what we know: Before Galilee moved to its current location on Northampton Drive, the church was located at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and New Walkertown Road, the current location of the CVS Pharmacy. “I know a lot of people in the community know about the good church that was had when we were on the corner of MLK,” said Rev. Chad Armstrong, director of development and ministries.  Although the church is no longer there, Galilee still owns the property as well as property located at the corner of E. 5th St. and Dunleith Ave. Up until 2022 the parcel at 5th and Dunleith was just trees, but after giving it a lot of thought, church...