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LITTLE HOPE WAS ARSON

A CITY IN FLAMES

MONDAY, APRIL 6 @ 8:00PM

East Texas, affectionately referred to by locals as “the Buckle of the Bible Belt,” is home to over 1,400 churches. Life is centered around these congregations, which provide a backbone for communities to gather, worship, and practice fellowship with one another.

On New Year’s Day 2010, Little Hope Baptist Church, on the outskirts of Canton, Texas, burned to the ground. Officials concluded the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the century-old church’s wiring. But when nine more churches went up in flames over the span of just a few weeks, the rural communities of East Texas feared for the worst.

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