FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) β The pastor of a church gutted by fire in Ferguson, Missouri, says it will be rebuilt.
Flood Christian Church had been attended by Michael Brown’s father and his family. It was among dozens of businesses damaged or destroyed by fires last Monday after the grand jury investigating the 18-year-old Brown’s fatal shooting failed to indict police officer Darren Wilson.
The Washington Post reports that Pastor Carlton Lee preached Sunday in a parking lot adjacent to the church’s burnt wreckage. Lee has said he believes the small church was targeted, noting that he received more than 70 death threats after calling for Wilson’s arrest.
Federal investigators say evidence suggests the church was forced into. But a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it’s unclear if the church was randomly targeted or if the fire was linked to the church’s ties to Brown’s family.
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205-w-35-(Nicki Mayo, AP correspondent, with Reverend Carlton Lee, pastor, The Flood Christian Church, in AP interview)–The Missouri church where the father of shooting victim Michael Brown worshipped is struggling to rebuild after a suspected arson during the Ferguson riots. AP correspondent Nicki Mayo reports. (30 Nov 2014)
< 208-a-12-(Reverend Carlton Lee, pastor, The Flood Christian Church, in AP interview)-“you pray with me”-Flood Christian Church Pastor Carlton Lee says he often counsels the father of shooting victim Michael Brown, but says strangers are also stopping him on the street to pray for healing in Ferguson. (30 Nov 2014) < 206-a-11-(Reverend Carlton Lee, pastor, The Flood Christian Church, in AP interview)-“down there ASAP”-Flood Christian Church Pastor Carlton Lee says he found out his church was set on fire while he was out with his parishioners trying to quell some of the unrest in Ferguson, Monday night. ((cut used in wrap)) (30 Nov 2014) < 207-a-07-(Reverend Carlton Lee, pastor, The Flood Christian Church, in AP interview)-“than ever before”-Flood Christian Church Pastor Carlton Lee says although his church was set on fire during the Ferguson rioting, his congregation vows to rebuild. (30 Nov 2014) <
