Monday, January 15, 2007

$1M in alleged arson suffered by historic N.C. congregation - (BP)

re: "GREENVILLE, N.C. (BP)--One of North Carolina’s oldest Baptist church buildings suffered at least $1 million in damages from a blaze set by suspected arsonists Saturday night, Jan. 13. / The Memorial Baptist Church in Greenville was one of two churches targeted in suspected arson attacks during the night. The other church, Unity Free Will Baptist, sustained about $40,000 in damages. /At a third church, Oakmont Baptist, an apparent break-in was thwarted by an alarm. /All three congregations are within a mile of each other in Greenville, a city of about 65,000 people in eastern North Carolina..."...

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