By Rachel Zoll, Associated Press

Metropolitan Baptist Church was bursting out of its home.

From a group of freed slaves in Civil War-era Washington, Metropolitan Baptist had grown into a modern-day megachurch and community service powerhouse. In 2006, construction began on the congregation's dream complex in Largo, Md. — a $30 million campus with a 3,000-seat church, an education center and an 1,100-car parking lot.

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What does this say about the wisdom of our choices?

Or ought we to exercise faith in spite of the possibility of downturns?

What are the lessons here?