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Jan. 10, 2022 – State filings showed the organization was founded in July 2020 and the address was the same as a church in a strip mall off of Interstate 95 in Lumberton, called Greater Hope International Church — a nondenominational institution run by senior pastor Ronald Barnes.
“We’re at a time now when it’s time to stop talking and to step up and do something about it,” said Barnes during a town hall the church hosted about the county’s opioid crisis.
“It doesn’t seem like there’s been a lot of transparency and how the funding has been distributed to these different programs,” said Dr. Jamie Carter, a primary care and addiction medicine provider with Duke Health.
Over the last several years, more attention has been on these closed-door decisions made by legislators.
Britt told WRAL News during a phone call that he was approached by a woman who is a member of Hope Alive and part of the county’s reintegration program which helps those who have been released from prison find jobs and housing.
The representative said there were some early conversations about working with the Lumbee tribe but they didn’t show interest.
