Spirit not shattered

A door to one of the offices at Praise Temple was kicked in when the church was vandalized over the weekend.

Bishop Larry Brandon gave me a quick tour of Praise Temple Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral and what I saw was unbelievable: doors that had been kicked in, broken windows, damaged computers, a broken antique mirror and a large poster that had been ripped from its stand and destroyed.
It appeared as if the vandals had gone from office to office destroying whatever they came across.
But that’s nothing compared to what Brandon found when he was called to the church Saturday afternoon.
"It looked like a tornado had come through," Brandon said. He said books and pictures were thrown out into the parking lot and items once in order in the offices were thrown all around.

Brandon said if the church hadn't been cleaned by Sunday, services would have still been held.
"We can have church anywhere," Brandon said, "even in the parking lot."