BREAKING: Crews responded Friday to a church fire on Chicago's South Side.
He got in his car and raced back to the historic building at 63rd and Stewart and was initially hopeful when he saw white smoke, thinking the fire was already out. But then he saw black smoke and knew the fire was still raging.
"God has something better for all of us who loved and belonged to the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church," he added.The fire appeared to begin in the upper rear of the church, where crews who responded at 2:15 p.m. noticed heavy smoke, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said. No one appeared to be inside the church at the time.
The fire was put out in around two hours. A church wall along Stewart Avenue was unsupported and at risk of falling, Langford said. It was too early to tell what caused the fire, he said. "This has been a place where people have gotten married, found their faith, been encouraged and been empowered," Dew said. "It’s a neighborhood church and we love the community. And we’ve learned how to give back to the community."
The church’s late pastor, Rev. Wilbur N. Daniel, was a noted ally of the Daley family and had been president of the Police Board. Daniel, who died in 1999, called his church’s involvement in affordable housing a matter of "Black progress" that was often ignored by outsiders but appreciated in the community.
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