Many churches remain un-built, unable to get needed funds or bank loans. Fires are said to have been caused by faulty electrical wiring, by improperly extinguished cigarette butts, in one case a rat was said to have caused the fire by chewing through an electrical wire. But pastors speak of the unmanageable hurdles attempting to get guarantees and loans. The local sheriff reported to the newspaper that the fire was likely due to the very old structure's electrical wiring. We need your help clipping newspaper reports and printing out World Wide Web news reports on hate crime activity in your community and elsewhere.
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