Its always easier to tear something down and build new, there are always investors looking to build the next subdivision, or a chain store, or simply a parking lot. Built in 1936, the former Edgemont Freewill Baptist Church (now Church of the Apostolic Revival) has seen better days, narrowly escaping demolishment in 2016 after being condemned by the city. Having grown up in the church as a young boy, Charles Gibbs takes us down memory lane of irreplaceable parts of Durham’s history, and reminds us that some things survive in spite of themselves.