For nine months, I asked one question: why? Why does a church founded by a woman who gave so much continue to wrestle with the same wounds generation after generation? This reflection considers Mother Tate’s legacy, the cost of power struggles, and the responsibility history places on every generation.

Some lives are so intertwined with a church’s testimony that to tell the story of the House is to speak their name. This article is written to honor my aunt, Legacy of General Elder C. L. Holt a woman whose faith, sacrifice, and steady leadership helped shape generations in The House of God Church. Today, that legacy is under threat. The National Church is attempting to sell the West Park aka West Hollywood church; sacred ground tied to her labor and to the faith of the saint