NC Pastor Forgives Unlicensed Truck Driver Who Crashed into Church Building

A North Carolina pastor has shown grace in a moment of hardship after a truck driver crashed a big rig into his church’s building.

Father Bienvenido Alegria, the pastor of Iglesia Pentecostal Unida Hispana, was at his home only yards away when he heard the commotion. 

He rushed to the scene and helped the stunned driver from a small box truck wedged in the wall of the building. 

The force of the crash was so strong that the wall on the opposite side of the church exploded, leaving a second gaping hole in the church’s four walls, the New York Post reports.

Alegria told WSOC-TV he was heartbroken by the scene of destruction. The building suffered a huge hole with pews tossed everywhere.

“I was impacted in my soul,” he said. “I feel real, real sad. You go inside (and) you only see sad things.”

Police officers informed Alegria that the driver had a revoked license and no insurance.

Instead of getting angry, the pastor offered forgiveness and decided to look at the driver as if he were a member of his family instead of a criminal.

“I say, maybe my son or my nephew or somebody else,” he said. 

Later,

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