Pulpit only thing still standing after Matthew hit Raleigh church
>>> BACK HERE IN RALEIGH TWO
CHURCHES HAVE NOTHING LEFT
AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW.
>> HERE'S MORE ON HOW THE
MEMBERS ARE COPING.
>> GERALD AND LINDA USUALLY THE
TWO LEADERS OF THE CHURCHES
SPEND SATURDAY PREPARING FOR
SERVICE THE NEXT DAY, BUT
INSTEAD THEY SPENT THE TIME
HOPING EVERYTHING INSIDE WOULD
BE SAFE FROM THE STORM, BUT
UNFORTUNATELY MOTHER NATURE HAD
OTHER PLANS.
>> REPORTER: A PLACE TO WORSHIP
IN RUINS.
>> I THINK I CRIED EVERY DAY.
>> REPORTER: A LOSS FOR NOT ONE
CHURCH COMMUNITY, BUT TWO.
UNDERGROUND CHURCH WORLD WIDE
AND EXPERIENCED CHRISTIAN
CHURCH.
BOTH HOLD SERVICES IN THIS
BUILDING THAT FLOODED LAST
WEEK.
>> SO THIS IS THE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS WHAT I WALKED IN TO.
>> REPORTER: THIS VIDEO WAS
TAKEN JUST A DAY AFTER THE
HEAVY RAIN FALL FROM HURRICANE
MATTHEW.
CHAIRS TOSSED OVER FROM ONE
SIDE OF THE ROOM TO THE OTHER.
EQUIPMENT SCATTERED EVERYWHERE
ON THE FLOOR.
>> AND IN SOME PLACES YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SEE THE WATER LINE.
>> REPORTER: IN FACT YOU'LL
NOTICE THE ONLY THING STANDING
IF THE PULPIT.
-- IS THE PULPIT.
THAT AND THE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO
STILL MEET HERE IN THE MIDST OF
THE CATASTROPHE.
>> WE CAME IN AND CLEANED IT
OUT ENOUGH TO BE AGE TO
CONGREGATE.
>> REPORTER: THE CHURCH MAY NOT
HAVE THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE,
BUT THE MESSAGE IN TRYING TO
REBUILD IS BIG.
>> I'M JUST A FIRM BELIEVER YOU
SACRIFICE FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
IN, AND IF THAT MEANT ME
SLEEPING IN MY CAR TO MAKE SURE
THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY
ARE SAFE, AND THE SINGLES MOMS
HAVE AN OUTLET, AND THE ELDERLY
HAVE A PLACE TO GO, A PLACE OF
REFUGE, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO.
>> WELL, THE CHURCH CHOIR WON'T
BE RAISING THE ROOF ANY TIME
SOON THERE, BUT THE MEMBERS ARE
TOLD THE FAITH SHOULDN'T BE
LOST BECAUSE OF THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR UPDATE.