Law enforcement officials are investigating a “suspicious” incident in which a trailer loaded with hundreds of Bibles was intentionally set on fire in front of a church in Tennessee on Easter Sunday.
Around 6 a.m. on Easter Sunday, security cameras at Global Vision Church showed a man getting out of a trailer in the middle of an intersection and blocking the entrance to the church.
A man then reportedly set fire to hundreds of Bibles in front of a church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
Greg Locke, the church’s pastor, said: statement Facebook: “There was a woman who drove all night to come to our church. She was in the parking lot and we were able to get the officers here right away, but when she woke up she was pretty… It was a sight.” First morning after returning from Israel. ”
Mount Juliet Police and Fire Departments responded to the trailer fire and extinguished the blaze. The Bible fire caused a temporary road closure.
There were no injuries and no damage to church property in the trailer fire.
Global Vision Church’s Easter services were not interrupted.
Rock said. tennessean“It didn’t happen, and it wasn’t going to stop us. It was cleared in time for people to drive into the parking lot. It was full and we had great service.”
Wilson County Sheriff’s Office I got it. It claimed the trailer fire was “suspicious” and “deliberately” set. Police have not released a motive for burning the Bible or whether the church was the intended target.
Police said they could not provide any other specific details at this time to “maintain the integrity of the ongoing investigation” but that updates would be shared “at the appropriate time.”
Locke said, “It was 100 percent directed at (Global Vision Bible Church). The fact that it blocked the entrance to our campus and it was a large amount of Bibles definitely meant it was directed at us. This is conclusive evidence that it was created.”
Rock said. WKRN-TV“It was strange because he was there.” [the suspect] He had blinkers on and scraped his wheels and everything else. He was a very methodical person, so his actions required a lot of courage. People have done things to our buildings, we’ve had them vandalized many times, so we have to make sure we’re safe, but 200 Bibles weren’t burned. That’s a pretty anti-church statement. ”
The pastor declared, “If you think Christianity isn’t under attack like never before in the United States, you’re not paying attention.”
“What people think will stop us over and over again actually just encourages us, in some weird way, to know that we’re doing the right thing.” Rock stated.
Police are asking anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office at 615-444-1459.
Last week, Rock appeared on “steve dece show” is currently being broadcast Blaze TV have discussion About faith.
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