Members of Kentucky Church are grateful to God after a tornado destroyed their main sanctuary last Wednesday, but there were no people there.
“We canceled that night due to the storm,” said Padoka Padoka Pastor of Christ Community Church, Kentucky. CBN News. “This is the first time I've ever been to my 35-year pastor.”
“We just feel that's an act of God,” Turner added. “If you look at all these blocks, it was an 18-foot-high block wall, everything fell and the roof fell, and I don't think there were any survivors.
Lindsay Stanley, a member of the Church of Christ, said she and her husband never missed out on Wednesday's service. However, the pastor will cancel the service on Wednesday, April 2nd.
“But we felt we had to just stay home, and Pastor Tim. actually We decided to cancel the service, but we never canceled the service,” she says.
“actually, When we got the call saying the church was gone, we were in the closet because the tornado had it. literally It's just gone Our home… It was me, my husband and our two daughtersliterally In a closet with helmets and everything. Like this is coming,” Stanley recalls.
The church renovated five years of new sanctuary before the tornado hit, costing thousands of dollars with new lighting, musical instruments and cameras.
“It's a gut punch,” Turner says. “I mean, we had just finished all the modifications. The truth is, on Monday, I told someone, I told them I could be late now. The sanctuary is finally beautiful. And on Wednesday, it's gone.”
Nevertheless, Stanley sees the moment as something important.
“I really believe that it looks like a set actually set up. As the Lord knows we are very faithful, I Always say it. I I started going first About four years ago, the Lord said this to me teeth End Time Army. My dad was actually I was healed at that church and had stage 4 cancer. We had so many cancer healing and the incredible movements of the Holy Spirit,” she explained.
“And I believe we know we need a bigger place because we were growing that sanctuary, and we thought it was apart for years. she I'll continue. “We really believe I'm going Our churches are serious about evangelism, so we need space to accommodate more broken, lost people. ”
Despite the destruction, Rev. Tim I'm watching All these bright sides.
“ First and foremost it's us I'm grateful that no one was hurt. Did you serve here that night? We all remained after the church, you are how the people in the church were, we would have people here, and there would have been people here. And he says:
The pastor said the old youth centre building at the church was not damaged. and, Despite its small size, it is still possible It is being used For services until larger facilities can be built.
“We are resilient people. We'll get it back,” Turner says. “But we are very grateful. God is very good to us. I preached it on a Sunday morning. I want everyone.
clock: If a tornado destroys the building, the entire Kentucky Church survives. “God is very good for us.”
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It was originally published on April 11, 2025.
