In Alabama someone is setting fire to churches. So far they have started fires in 5 (possibly 6) Southern Baptist churches.
Fires Ravage Six Rural Alabama Churches
CENTREVILLE, Ala. ? The search for a possible arsonist was underway Friday after six churches in rural Alabama were found burning. At least five of the fires were suspected to have been set deliberately.
The fires were set “as fast as they could drive from one location to the next,” Bibb County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Weems said of the cluster of blazes, all near U.S. 82 and Highway 139.
The churches that burned Friday morning included Rehobeth Baptist Church in Randolph, Ashby Baptist Church in Brierfield, Old Union Baptist Church in Brierfield, Pleasant Sabine southeast of Centerville and Antioch Baptist Church in Antioch
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Jim Parker, a member of the Ashby Baptist Church, told WBRC television in Birmingham that he understood the fire began near the pulpit and that the fires at other churches had a similar pattern.
The minister of The First Baptist Church of Woodstock ? which was not burned ? told FOX News that all the churches targeted were southern Baptist; one is predominantly black while the others were predominantly white.
In 1996, race was a factor in a series of arsons that damaged rural black churches in Alabama and elsewhere. But Ingram said the fires late Thursday and early Friday destroyed both the churches of predominantly black congregations and predominantly white congregations.
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Whoever is doing this does not realize that this will only make the churches stronger. It will result in people of all races coming together in an outpouring of love. To rebuild and make these churches stronger than before. It offers the churches time in the media, to show that they will continue services regardless of the location and invite the public to attend.
Someone might be allowing the enemy to use them for evil, but God will ensure this results in good.
update (2/12/2006 4:17PM ET): Now there have been 10 churches burned. They all are Baptist churches, although not all Southern Baptists. This is an attack on the Christian faith and it is sure to fail.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Reactions to Alabama church burnings
On the web, reactions to the church burnings in Alabama range from “the intolerant fundies are getting what they deserve” to expressions of compassion for the victims. There are speculations that church members did it themselves to get t…
March 8th, 2006 at 11:05 am
Two Men Arrested in String of Alabama Church Fires
Looks like police may have nabbed 2 of the culprits.
Two Men Arrested in String of Alabama Church Fires
Police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with a string of rural church fires that plagued Alabama in early February.
Ben Moseley, 1…