A Tennessee church forced to cancel Sunday services due to widespread vandalism is responding with grace, offering prayers, kindness, and love to those responsible.
Listen to them on the latest episode of “Quick Start.”
Elders with Luna Lane Church of Christ told WKRN-TV they believe extensive damage to the church unfolded Thursday or Friday, with pews tipped over, TVs ripped off walls, shattered glass strewn about, fire extinguishing spray deployed, and other unfortunate acts of vandalism.
“Services for today at Luna Lane Church have been canceled,” the church wrote in a Sunday Facebook post. “Our building was vandalized this past week. We are working to reopen the building as soon as possible. Please keep us in your prayers.”
Pastor Nick Rapheal succinctly summarized the chaos during an interview with WSMV-TV as follows: “It’s a gigantic mess.”
But despite all of the debris and widespread damage, the preacher said something surprising stood out to him and other congregants: the Bibles were intact.
“Nobody touched any of those Bibles,” Rapheal said. “It touched everything else. But they didn’t touch the Bibles. I don’t know what that means; you have to figure it out for yourself. But it’s an interesting fact.”
Despite a truly disheartening situation,
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