3 Black Churches Burned Down In 10 Days In Louisiana

The FBI has joined the investigation into a string of suspicious fires at historically black churches in Louisiana. Three churches have burned in less than two weeks in St. Landry Parish near Baton Rouge.

The fire at Greater Union Baptist Tuesday burned from the roof to the pews. For Pastor Harry Richard, whose grandfather helped start the church more than 100 years ago, the damage is personal.

"He left a legacy for me and I was trying to fulfill that to the best of my ability," he said.

The suspicious fires began early last week, with the most recent one on Thursday. All three historically black baptist churches are just a few miles apart in St. Landry Parish.

"We do believe that this fire is suspicious. We do believe a crime has occurred," said Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. Butch Browning.

Historically, the burning of black churches was used to intimidate communities and parishioners here are on edge.

"We can't let this setback stop us from doing what God initially called us to do," said Kyle Sylvester, the pastor of St. Mary's Baptist Church, the first that was burned.

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The same people who like to throw "Christian Values" in people faces are back at it again with their scare tactics.  I think White Supremacist behavior speaks for itself and for the closeted racist. They're the real thugs and shouldn't be apart of society. If you really believe in God then you would know that God created everyone equal and the way he wanted everyone to be and it's our job to love and respect each other. We will rebuilt once again and we'll continue going to Church. It's the year of 2019, we are no longer in Slavery days and therefore we will not be afraid nor tolerate this ignorance. Nothing good comes out of hatred.