Photo: Coal City Fire DepartmentA West Virginia church burned to the ground on Sunday, but — in what’s being described as a miracle — the Bibles and crosses were left completely untouched.The fire broke out at Freedom Ministries Church in Grandview,the Coal City Fire Department said in a Facebook post.“Picture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out. In your mind, everything should be burned, ashes,” the fire department wrote. “Not a single [Bible] was burned and not a single cross was harmed!! Not a single firefighter was hurt! Prayers for the pastor and the congregation today.”The images that they shared from the devastation have quickly gone viral.“Though odds were against us, God was not,” the fire department wrote in the post.According to CNN, the cause of the fire is still unknown.Bibles at the church.Coal City Fire DepartmentA cross at the church.Coal City Fire DepartmentCountless people who saw the images called it a miracle. One personwho responded to the Facebook postsaid that “out of every structure I have responded to in the past 20 years, not one Bible has burned.”“They might have smoke damage or chared around the edges but you could still read every page,” the man continued to write.
Photo: Coal City Fire Department
A West Virginia church burned to the ground on Sunday, but — in what’s being described as a miracle — the Bibles and crosses were left completely untouched.The fire broke out at Freedom Ministries Church in Grandview,the Coal City Fire Department said in a Facebook post.“Picture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out. In your mind, everything should be burned, ashes,” the fire department wrote. “Not a single [Bible] was burned and not a single cross was harmed!! Not a single firefighter was hurt! Prayers for the pastor and the congregation today.”The images that they shared from the devastation have quickly gone viral.“Though odds were against us, God was not,” the fire department wrote in the post.According to CNN, the cause of the fire is still unknown.Bibles at the church.Coal City Fire DepartmentA cross at the church.Coal City Fire DepartmentCountless people who saw the images called it a miracle. One personwho responded to the Facebook postsaid that “out of every structure I have responded to in the past 20 years, not one Bible has burned.”“They might have smoke damage or chared around the edges but you could still read every page,” the man continued to write.
A West Virginia church burned to the ground on Sunday, but — in what’s being described as a miracle — the Bibles and crosses were left completely untouched.
The fire broke out at Freedom Ministries Church in Grandview,the Coal City Fire Department said in a Facebook post.
“Picture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out. In your mind, everything should be burned, ashes,” the fire department wrote. “Not a single [Bible] was burned and not a single cross was harmed!! Not a single firefighter was hurt! Prayers for the pastor and the congregation today.”
The images that they shared from the devastation have quickly gone viral.
“Though odds were against us, God was not,” the fire department wrote in the post.
According to CNN, the cause of the fire is still unknown.
Bibles at the church.Coal City Fire Department
A cross at the church.Coal City Fire Department
Countless people who saw the images called it a miracle. One personwho responded to the Facebook postsaid that “out of every structure I have responded to in the past 20 years, not one Bible has burned.”
“They might have smoke damage or chared around the edges but you could still read every page,” the man continued to write.
source: people.com
