Requiem for a Church Supreme

After three decades of feeding the homeless, the only church devoted to John Coltrane now finds itself without a home

Jerry Stoll
Bishop Franzo King addresses his congregation.
Paul Trapani
Bishop Franzo King addresses his congregation.

"That's all right, man," says a tall man with a hooded jacket.

Plastic forks eventually materialize, and the homeless accept their food, taking it into the back yard to eat. In a month, neither the church nor the music of John Coltrane will be around to help make their lives a bit better.

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