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Mt. Peria Baptist Church Holds First Service

498 views · Published 3 December 2012 · 1:47 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by Alyssa Spirato  It's out with the old and in with the new for one Ringgold Church. Almost a year after an EF-4 tornado tore through the city, Mt. Peria Baptist Church finally has a new place to call home.Mt. Peria Baptist Church Jimmy Ingram fought back tears. Sunday was his first day preaching in the pulpit."We are so grateful that we had a place to worship. The building was destroyed, not the church," says Ingram.His church congregation won't be worshipping outside their destroyed building any longer. For that, many are grateful."It's almost like a kid at Christmas. You got a present, even though you know what it is, you're excited to open it and actually realize it. So that's how I am," says Rose Croft."Very long journey but it was worth every minute of the wait. So we're just happy to be here," says Crystal McReynolds.Happy to be in a place that once fell to the ground. Pastor Ingram described it best-- he's looking back-- and now looking forward."The building was in making when the older building was destroyed. God saw this building already in the making. We couldn't see it, but he could," says Ingram.And for church members like Rose Croft--it's one of many services to come."We have been 19 months trying to get to this point, and there have been a lot of people that have helped us along the way and of course God being at the forefront of everything," says Croft.

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