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Louisiana Baptist churches damaged by Hurricane Laura

August 28, 2020

(UPDATED Aug. 29, 2020)

By Baptist Message staff

A number of Louisiana Baptist church facilities have sustained damage from Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm Thursday.

The list will be updated as additional reports are received:

— First Baptist Church in Gillis lost awning and the door on the education building was damaged.

— Pine Hill Baptist Church in Leesville sustained damage to its roof and had a few broken windows.

— A tree fell onto Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Pitkin, and caused extensive damage to the building.

— The steeple at East Ridge Baptist Church in Lake  Charles came off its building and entered the roof. Glass also was blown out and metal carports were destroyed.

 

— A section of the roof of the main building on the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Lake Charles, was ripped off by high winds.

— Trinity Baptist Church, Lake Charles, suffered moderate damage to the roof, light flooding and windows. A number of trees were uprooted as well.

— East Ridge Baptist Church, Lake Charles, lost its steeple.

— The roof at the McNeese State University Baptist Collegiate Ministry building was damaged, and the structure lost some siding.

— Two trees fell on the roof of Comrade Baptist Church, Simpson, causing damage also to the worship center interior.

— Winds blew the roof off the education space and worship center at Pine Hill Baptist Church, Leesville.

— Good Hope Baptist Church, Anacoco, lost siding from its building.

— The worship center at the First Baptist Church, Sulphur, lost some roofing which also caused some interior damage. Likewise, a stained glass window inside the facility and the family life center also were damaged.

— High wind blew out a wall in the worship center of the First Baptist Church, Lake Charles.

— The roof and steeple were damaged at the First Baptist Church, Vinton.

— A tree fell on the parsonage of the First Baptist Church, Basile. But, the church building was not damaged.

— A tree was blown down on the front lawn of the parsonage property of First Baptist Church, Winnsboro.

— High winds blew off the sign at Salem Baptist Church, Stonewall.

— Louisiana College experienced a number of downed trees around the campus, but no damage to facilities has been noted, so far.

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