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Jason Clayborne, right, and The Atmosphere Changers perform at an event before ministers from the community come together to bless the parcel of land on the site of the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church on Sept. 26, 2019. The National Museum of Gospel Music is to be built at the site.
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Jason Clayborne, right, and The Atmosphere Changers perform at an event before ministers from the community come together to bless the parcel of land on the site of the historic Pilgrim Baptist Church on Sept. 26, 2019. The National Museum of Gospel Music is to be built at the site.
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Over 70 ministers, gospel singers, politicians and community members gathered in the backyard of the Pilgrim Baptist Church Thursday to bless the land as developers prepare to convert it to what will be, church representatives say, the country’s first museum of gospel music.