The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Chesterbrook, Virginia, recently discovered Nigger spray-painted in large block letters next to the church’s front door.
“It was a very upsetting time,” said Andre Johnson, a longtime member of the church.
Johnson added that members were concerned, as you “can very well expect them to be when they walk up to the church and see that on the front.”
“It was very disturbing to the membership and to me,” said James R. King, chairman of the board of deacons at the church, which traces its history to the Civil War era.
During the service, King said he and the church’s pastor, the Rev. Todd Brown, said from the pulpit that it was not so much the word itself that had been so alarming but the place it appeared.
“That you would deface a house of worship . . . shocked us more than anything,” King said.
“It was a very upsetting time,” said Andre Johnson, a longtime member of the church.
Johnson added that members were concerned, as you “can very well expect them to be when they walk up to the church and see that on the front.”
“It was very disturbing to the membership and to me,” said James R. King, chairman of the board of deacons at the church, which traces its history to the Civil War era.
During the service, King said he and the church’s pastor, the Rev. Todd Brown, said from the pulpit that it was not so much the word itself that had been so alarming but the place it appeared.
“That you would deface a house of worship . . . shocked us more than anything,” King said.
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