Articles for tag: Tornado Damage

Tornado Sends Church on Twisty Path to New Home

By Jim Nieman A small, rural, eastern Indiana church that faced multiple challenges after its 1850s-era building was destroyed by a tornado in June 2019 is on the cusp of a deal that would see it move into another historic church building about 6 miles away. For most of the past two months, Bentonville (Ind.) Christian Church has been meeting at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church in Lewisville, Ind., in a building that is “old, stately . . . a lot like our old building,” said Bentonville minister Don Miller. The Ebenezer congregation ceased meeting at the end of June, and BCC has

Indiana Church’s Mounting Challenges Started with Tornado

By Jim Nieman Tiny Bentonville (Ind.) Christian Church has been through a lot over the past 10 months. Their building was destroyed by a tornado on June 15, 2019, then the church met in two temporary locations, and now the congregation isn’t meeting anywhere because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. On top of that, plans to rebuild at the site of their church home since the 1840s have been put on hold because of a problem with the property deed. “In 1843, when the church began, the deed went to Bentonville Association, but nobody knows who the Bentonville Association is,”

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