{"id":597713,"date":"2019-03-09T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T16:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-1683971\">&#13;\n&#13;\n        &#13;\n&#13;\n&#13;\n        <div class=\"td-post-content\">\n\n        <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/332"},"modified":"2019-03-09T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T16:39:03","slug":"bibles-and-wooden-crosses-miraculously-survive-devastating-church-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/09\/bibles-and-wooden-crosses-miraculously-survive-devastating-church-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibles and wooden crosses miraculously survive devastating church fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1683971\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/3327386564626_5998479356368.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bible\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Firefighters in West Virginia were stunned to find that not one of the over a dozen paper bibles and several wooden crosses at the Freedom Ministries Church were destroyed by the devastating fire that engulfed the holy place last Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post that quickly went viral, the Coal City Fire Department shared photos of nearly two dozen bibles and three wooden crosses that survived flames so massive that at one point firefighters had to back out. The fire was so devastating that the church will have to be rebuilt, and firefighters themselves admit that judging by the intensity of the flames everything inside should have been turned to ashes, and yet none of the bibles and crosses were destroyed.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCCVFD105%2Fphotos%2Fa.192381840972025%2F1508633776013485%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPicture this, a building so hot that at one point in time, firefighters had to back out,\u201d the Coal City Fire Department\u00a0posted on Facebook. \u201cIn your mind, everything should be burned, ashes. Not a single bible was burned and not a single cross was harmed!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough odds were against us, God was not,\u201d the post read, adding that none of the firefighters were harmed during their mission.<\/p>\n<p>Reverend\u00a0Phil Farrington told the\u00a0Washington Post\u00a0that he sees the miraculous survival of the paper bibles and wooden crosses\u00a0as a sign from God. \u201cIn the midst of the fire, God\u2019s word will always stand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Adomonline\/ado-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<footer>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n\t <!-- \/.content -->&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n       &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        \t        <span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-09T15:57:15+00:00\"\/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2019-03-09T15:57:18+00:00\"\/><meta itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/bibles-and-wooden-crosses-miraculously-survive-devastating-church-fire\/\"\/><span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\"><span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/adom_logo.png\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"AdomOnline.com\"\/><\/span><meta itemprop=\"headline \" content=\"Bibles and wooden crosses miraculously survive devastating church fire\"\/><span style=\"display: none;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/3327386564626_5998479356368.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"640\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"346\"\/><\/span>        <\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Firefighters in West Virginia were stunned to find that not one of the over a dozen paper bibles and several wooden crosses at the Freedom Ministries Church were destroyed by the devastating fire that engulfed the holy place last Sunday morning. 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