"I was there when we dug the foundation. I helped put steel in the ground. And we build that church, we birthed that church. That's my baby," Hicks said. "It's my legacy." Hicks recalls celebrating ...

Across South Florida, congregations are confronting a hard numbers problem: rising costs, shifting demographics, aging facilities, and, in some cases, fewer people in the pews. A wave of foreclosures, ...