Local church has 4 fires since March

KGUN9 On Your Side News ^ | Jul 19, 2020 | Shawndrea Thomas

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TUCSON, Ariz. — A local pastor says his church has had four fires since March, and he wants to know who’s responsible and why.

KGUN9 checked in with the church and pastor to find out about the latest incident and what the church is planning to do next. We first met Pastor Gene Chewning at the Living Word Church at 3602 South 12th Avenue in March of this year, the church is known as a multi-denominational church in the neighborhood.
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Here’s a breakdown of the dates, the first fire was on March 3rd , the second set on April 17th the third was May 9th and the most recent was on Monday July 13th. The fires left nothing but burned out wood and questions for parishioners.

"I forgive them and I don't want them to burn my church or anyone else's church or home again," Chewning said.

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This is an Assembly of God church; the reporter may have mixed up multi-ethnic and multi-denominational in her mind. Or it may be that other denominations in the area are fleeing to a Bible-Believing church. His church is not in my neighborhood.

But I know Pastor Gene Chewning and he is an amazing guy. Very kind and compassionate, yet with a quiet strength.

I've met him at many troop-support events in the 2000s, on the local Pro-Life march and in Royal Rangers. He is a true-blue patriotic American Navy Veteran. If there is anyone who is "like a FReeper" but doesn't happen to be one that's Pastor Gene. He served in the mission field south of the border for many years. He was the chaplain for our first Tea Party event in Tucson. His church is in the poor side of Tucson.

Living Word Church and Pastor Gene need our prayers today.

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Thank you for the explanation.

I LOVE the A of G!

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Is there a way FReepers can anonymously help?

I’ll be praying also for him and the Church.

These attacks on Christianity are straight from the pit of hell and will escalate as the world grows darker.

[aynrandfreak]

It’s probably time to put up cameras all around.

[metmom]

Thanks for the added info on this church and pastor.

Don’t they have a security system of some kind? Something that would provide video footage of the perps?

[metmom]

It’s always straight from the pit of hell, and I also do expect it to escalate.

I’m sure if you got a money order or something, you could mail it to the church.

You can buy them at the PO. They are postal money orders and if you pay cash, nobody needs to know where it came from.

I don’t know about other options.

[crusty old prospector]

I like their call letters. KGUN.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Those are viable options.

We all need to be praying for protection of our brethren and churches.

[eyeamok]

Cameras, Automatic Sprinklers attached to a pressurized tank of a highly flammable liquid surrounding the entire premises, as soon as they light the fire you turn on the sprinklers and help them out.

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Is there a way FReepers can anonymously help?

The only way to do that which I can think of is send a money order or cash to their address:

Living Word Assembly of God
3602 S 12th Ave
Tucson, AZ, 85713

Apparently you have to register and log in to their donate page.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Thank you!