CONTACT: Linda Bloom #534 (212) 870-3803
Oct. 22, 1996
NEW YORK (UMNS) -- Thirteen more burned churches have received rebuilding grants from the National Council of Churches' Burned Churches Fund.
With the new grants, approved Oct. 17 by the Burned Churches Fund Grants Committee here, more than $2.3 million has been allocated for the restoration of 34 churches, most with African- American congregations.
Those receiving the latest grants -- ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 -- were Hickory Grove Community Church, Ottumwa, Iowa; First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.,; Glorious Church of God in Christ, Richmond, Va.; Greater Gospel Temple Church of God in Christ, Dallas; Liberty Baptist Church, Collins, Miss.; and Beacon Baptist Church, Yazoo, Miss.
Also, St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church, Tyronza, Ark.; Willis Temple Church of God in Christ, Forrest City, Ark.; Greater New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Phoenix; St. James African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Maysville, N.C.; St. John Baptist Church, Dixianna, S.C.; St. Stephen's Baptist Church, St. Stephens, S.C.; and Summer Grove Baptist Church, Williston, S.C.
As of Oct. 16, the fund had received $4.7 million in cash donations, with an additional $1.4 million anticipated. In-kind contributions have totaled $3.4 million including wood products from International Paper, modular units from GE Capital and a $2 million preconstruction loan fund from the Enterprise Foundation.
Produced by United Methodist News Service, official news agency of the United Methodist Church, with offices in Nashville, Tenn., New York, and Washington.
For general information about The United Methodist Church, call InfoServ at 1-800/251-8140.
United Methodist Response to Church Burnings and Advance Special Information
GBGM Mission News
Mission News