HARLEM — Atlah Worldwide Church postponed its judgment day.
The controversial church — which faces violations for making illegal alterations to its landmarked building — rescheduled a hearing that will determine its fate.
It will now face the Environmental Control Board in April.
Among the five violations is its infamous sign that the homophobic pastor and Donald Trump supporter James David Manning uses to write things like, “Jesus Would Stone Homos.”
Atlah was already found guilty of the violations in August, when they were fined $1,850. This second set of violations is for ignoring the first set by not doing anything to correct the unauthorized work.
If found guilty a second time, the church could be fined up to $11,500, according to the city’s Landmark Protection Commission.
This is not the first time the church has pushed back its hearing. It was originally scheduled to meet with the Environmental Control Board in December but pushed it back to January. Now it has pushed it back a second time to April 4.
It's allowed to reschedule the hearing three times, an LPC spokeswoman said.
The violations do not have anything to do with the contents of the sign but rather because the historic church altered the building's facade without telling the Landmarks Commission, the spokeswoman added.
Manning has previously defended the controversial messages by saying he is preaching the word of God and he has the right to free speech.