Bethel AME Church is a historic Black church founded in the early 1800s. The congregation's building was demolished with a lot of nearby neighborhood homes and businesses for development more than 60 years ago.On Friday, the church's pastor joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in announcing what the church calls "restorative justice."Development rights for a parcel of land near where the demolished church building once stood are being transferred to the church organization.A gathering near the site at Crawford and Bedford avenues on Friday celebrated the idea."My encouragement to you that this is a model that we can heal the broken realities of America," said the Rev. Dale Snyder, the pastor of Bethel AME Church."The Penguins said, 'We want to give you enough land where you can do an equitable development to produce revenue for Bethel into perpetuity.' So now we have 6,000 square feet on which we can develop right here on top of the Hill," said Snyder, as those gathered welcomed the news with applause.The Penguins are giving the team's development rights of the 6,000 square feet of Urban Redevelopment Authority-owned land to the church to develop. It's the team's part in addressing a wrong done before the Penguins organization came to be."Displacing thousands of residents, businesses and houses of worship; the Penguins understand and take very seriously this legacy of urban renewal," said Craig Dunham, senior vice president of development for the Pittsburgh Penguins.Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald salute the deal."What happened in the lower Hill decades and decades ago wasn't right. It wasn't right at all, with no consideration, no respect for the people that lived there," Gainey said. "A community that we built, that we deserve and now we should continue to demonstrate, belongs not only to the city but for those that was here before us.""This is a glorious day. To try to right some wrongs that were done almost three-quarters of a century ago," Fitzgerald said.The church now plans to develop affordable and middle-income apartment housing on the site, along with a daycare center and a mix of other uses. "Our goal is to create a positive ecosystem for African Americans within a sustainable mixed-use development for residential and commercial purposes," Snyder said.Revenues will fund its ministry and community service."We don't want to make it like it's the Penguins' fault that they took our land. They are our heroes, they are our champions in a sense, and what they've done for us is great," Snyder said."We found alignment in mutual goals and outcomes. That is what is so critical for us to be able to get to this place," Dunham said. "We listened, we heard the call. Bethel wanted justice related to the imminent domain actions of the 1950s. We listened and heard a vision for development that would be of a long-term benefit to Bethel."There is not yet a timeline for groundbreaking or construction. The church is working with development partners on the plans.