by Darla Carter | Presbyterian News Service
Flanked by church members, the Rev. Dr. Terlynn L. Curry Avery, pastor at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church, speaks last month following a fire that heavily damaged the Springfield, Massachusetts, church. (Photo by Presbytery of Southern New England)
LOUISVILLE â When Ruling Elder Lisa Baker got to see the inside of her beloved Springfield, Massachusetts church after it was ravaged by fire last week, she couldnât believe what she saw.
The predominantly Black Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church sustained at least $100,000 in damages in a suspicious Dec. 28 blaze that has shaken the church but not the congregationâs resolve.