Sweet Springs community works to rescue 152-year-old African American church | Fundraising campaign seeks $10,000 to replace roof of historic St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1872 by a formerly enslaved woman - Marshall Democrat

Sweet Springs community works to rescue 152-year-old African American church | Fundraising campaign seeks $10,000 to replace roof of historic St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1872 by a formerly enslaved woman - Marshall Democrat

SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. — A small white clapboard building on the 300 block of North Miller Street holds a story much of Sweet Springs has yet to fully hear. The St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church — founded in 1872 by Mary Spriggs, a formerly enslaved woman — still stands, but barely. Now, a determined group of preservationists is racing to save it.