BY: LEON KWASI KUNTUO-ASARE In post racial America, another African-American house of God was set on fire in St. Louis , the fifth church in ten days. This time the New Life Missionary Baptist Church. According to , St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson, the fire was set on the door and the damage to the building was minimal. The […]
In post racial America, another African-American house of God was set on fire in St. Louis , the fifth church in ten days. This time the
New Life Missionary Baptist Church.
According to , St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson, the fire was set on the door and the damage to the building was minimal.
The last outbreak of arson attacks on black churches happened days after The Dylann Roof, Charleston AME Church massacre this summer , seven black churches were burned down by suspected white supremacists, also in ten days.
Pastor David Briggs told local fox2now:
βI have forgiven them. I donβt want the communities to be angry. I donβt want the churches to be angry, because it is in these moments that our character is tested”.
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