Members of a modest California church destroyed by the Los Angeles Eaton fire are drawing strength from their faith and hope from the lone remaining structure still standing on the site of their former building: a cross. The Lifeline Fellowship Christian Center on Lake Avenue in Altadena, Calif., was one of thousands of structures destroyed by the Eaton Fire, which ignited Jan. 7 amid strong winds and raced more than 10,000 acres before it was contained.
Members of the congregation now are meeting at a different church building about two miles away as they await the next steps to rebuild, Fox News Digital reported.
Their faith, though, is still strong. Amid the ashes and charred rubble of what once was their building, a purple and white cross stands as a testament to the loving God they serve.
“The cross still stands,” Pastor Charles Dorsey told Fox News.
“It did give me hope, and I felt strength. And I was happy that the cross still stands because it’s the work of the cross that we are able to be forgiven. It’s the love of the cross, the work on the cross, that we’re able to be redeemed. And it signifies our existence and how we’re able to even have strength
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