https://people.com/pastor-leaves-his-church-to-feed-the-hungry-on-urban-farm-8425557
“Four years have passed since Battle, 62, left his job as senior pastor at the Tabernacle Baptist Church — one of Knoxville’s oldest Black Baptist congregations — to grow and deliver fresh produce to residents of a city neighborhood where healthy food is scarce.
“I’m doing something that’s meeting a significant need in our community,” says Battle, who lives with wife Tomma, 58, and four of the 19 children he has raised over the years. “I think it’s literally saving people’s lives.””