The First Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs on Highway 178 was destroyed in a fire in the early hours on Wednesday.
A church in Mississippi that burned down in what authorities say was an arson attack had previously defied the city's stay-at-home order and was suing officials over lockdown measures.
According to the station, investigators found evidence that the fire was intentionally set, including graffiti in the church parking lot that said"Bet you stay home now you hypokrits ." WMC reported the lawsuit argued Waldrop was holding outdoor services where possible, but would move them indoors and practice social distancing when the weather was bad.
Stephen Crampton, senior counsel at the Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm representing the church in the lawsuit, said the church's members had been grieving"their inability to gather as a congregation" since the city's order forced the church's closure.
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