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By JANE BANGLEY

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

A compromise was reached between a group of five ministers and the Rappahannock Planning Commission over the provision in the proposed zoning ordinance dealing with places of worship. Ministers and others in the county have been concerned about the provision which would stipulate that places of worship would need a special use permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals.

The five ministers were Rev. John Burke of Gid Brown Bible Church, Rev. Hoover Heflin of Five Forks Regular Baptist Church, Rev. Michael Lamm of Sperryville Assembly of God, Rev. Lindsey Savage of Massanova Pentacostal Church and Rev. Milton Switzer of Hope Hill Baptist Church. The ministers voiced concerns over the effect the ordinance would have on the constitutional right to worship and the future needs to expand or re-locate.

The ministers maintained that locating and building a place of worship

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