New coffee shop built on holy grounds
Congregation Coffee owner Kenneth Schweighofer at his new coffee shop in Germantown. The shop is located where the original Forest Hill Baptist once stood and the owner hopes to continue to provide a place for people to gather. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
When the Schweighofer family moved from Manhattan to Memphis, they struggled to find a coffee shop open on Sundays.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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