Congregation ‘Miraculously’ Unharmed After Tornado Destroys Church Around Them

This congregation was attending a service at their church on Saturday night when they were told terrifying news: a tornado was headed right in their direction. Roughly 45 attendees – children and adults alike – were at the parish hall of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church near Dallas, Texas when they were warned of the impending danger. The parishioners crowded into the hallway connecting their parish hall and the main church. 30 seconds later, the tornado tore the outside of the building to pieces.



This congregation was attending a service at their church on Saturday night when they were told terrifying news: a tornado was headed right in their direction. Roughly 45 attendees – children and adults alike – were at the parish hall of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church near Dallas, Texas when they were warned of the impending danger. The parishioners crowded into the hallway connecting their parish hall and the main church. 30 seconds later, the tornado tore the outside of the building to pieces.

Everyone made sure to keep each other safe as they staid low to the ground, praying all the while. Others struggled to keep the hallway doors shut against the wind. “We could see the beams bending and the aluminum roof being ripped away,” one of the youth pastors told CNN. “As soon as the worst was over, we began to sing to keep the kids calm.”

The chaos eventually subsided, leaving heaps of brick and rubble in its wake. The congregation, however, was miraculously unharmed. St. John’s was the only church in the town of Emory, Texas with a population of roughly 1,200 people. One of the men who was due to deliver a speech to the parishioners that night started a GoFundMe page to help fund the reconstruction of the church. The page has already raised $1,200 of its $5,000 goal.





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You would think "God" would protect his believers !!

nicko wrote:You would think "God" would protect his believers !!

Kind of reminds me of the Story of the Mosta Church in Malta Nicko

During World War II, the town of Mosta was prone to aerial bombardment due to its proximity to the airfield at Ta' Qali. At about 16:40 on 9 April 1942, the Luftwaffe dropped three bombs on the church, and two of them deflected without exploding. However, one 500 kg high explosive bomb pierced the dome and entered the church, where a congregation of more than 300 people were awaiting early evening mass. The bomb did not explode, and a Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal unit defused it and dumped it into the sea off the west coast of Malta.

I don't however advocate either to being miracles

I mean where was God to deflect all the other bombs that fell on Malta?
Or save people killed by Tornadoes that have hit Texas?