Overcome with emotion at the sight of the burnt New Fellowship Baptist Church, Frances Stephens paused before the charred Bible. ''It's his word. That's the word we're trying to govern our lives by, and now it's destroyed.'' The fire was described as arson.
(Globe Staff Photo / Bill Greene)
Church fire an act of arson, officials say
Accelerant found on balcony, altar
Overcome with emotion at the sight of the burnt New Fellowship Baptist Church, Frances Stephens paused before the charred Bible. ''It's his word. That's the word we're trying to govern our lives by, and now it's destroyed.'' The fire was described as arson.
(Globe Staff Photo / Bill Greene)
Early Saturday morning, someone crept into the New Fellowship Baptist Church, walked past thousands of dollars worth of audio equipment and computers and set fire to the balcony and altar, then fled as the Dorchester building went up in flames, fire officials and the church's pastor said yesterday. (Full article: 670 words)
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