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Greater Union Baptist Church: Rising from the Ashes
This coming Sunday at 2 p.m., the church will host a highly emotional service to celebrate their triumphant return.
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"They burned a building, but the church. That's us": Opelousas church celebrates reconstruction after it was destroyed by arsonist in 2019
It was an ordinary Monday in April 2019 when Deacon Ronald Milburn locked the door when he left the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas. But a 2 a.m. call was nothing but ordinary.
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Greater Union Baptist Church reopens after arson attack
I didn’t sleep much last night because I was so full of anticipation...” said Deacon Ronald Milburn. “...of telling the community thank you for the job they did to help us get to this point." ...
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Greater Union Baptist Church rebuilt nearly six years after arson fire
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) – Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas is finally making a comeback after convicted arsonist, Holden Matthews, burned it and two other historically black churches in 2019.