THE LEGACY CENTER’S HISTORY 

The Legacy Center Community Development Corporation’s (TLC) inception dates back to 1996, when the Senior Pastor of Christ Tabernacle, Michael Durso, and church members began collaborating with community organizations to provide gifts for children whose parents were incarcerated and backpacks to local students whose parents were struggling financially. In 2010, after 13 years of continual service to an undeserved community, TLC became a separate 501(c)(3) (not-for-profit). Under the leadership of newly appointed CEO, Jordan Durso, TLC committed to serving its neighbors and surrounding community through acts of compassion, justice, community service and intentional leadership development. Jordan quickly began transitioning the outreach programs away from Christ Tabernacle and expanded TLC’s service areas to include all of New York City.

In 2019 Christ Tabernacle changed its name to Saints Church in hopes of reaching more people. Now in 2020 with their newly appointed Lead Pastors, Chris and Yahris Durso, we are continuing to serve the community by having our food pantry open to help families during the COVID-19 crisis.