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-D-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) Cs uV)eS3s u1^zl Couisville f Accelerant used in Fern eBelow Date Edition 7-26 Q 0-9 Creek church fire, tests show Investigation burning of the church, Jeffer- celerant, are still following up jaracter: son County police said yester- on Ieads and conducting inter- of June arson views, Biven said. or day. The church at 5017 Bards- No arrests have been made. assification: S 7 is continuing town Road was destroyed by The church's pastor, Dan bmitting Office: fire June 13 and evidence was Johnson, said yesterday that he sent to the federal Bureau of still believes the arson was a Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- iexing: By SHANNON TANGONAN hate crime.Church members The Courier-Journal arms' lab in Rockville,Md participated in a protest rally "The tests were conclusive against the Ku Klux Klan in Lab test results on evidence and confirmed that accelerants downtown Louisville in May. collected from the charred were used to start the fire, Of- In June, court records Heart of Fire Church in Fern ficer Robert Biven, a police showed Heart of Fire Minis- Creek last month confirm an spokesman, said. Investigators, tries Inc. owed more than $1 accelerant was used in the who are not identifying the ac- million to construction compa- nies and contractors whoren- Church leaders have contact- simply stand with us. lovated the church, and the is- ed investigators about every Members plan to rebuild, but sue was pending.Johnson has week seeking information, for now a tent will be erected |said the debt was consolidated Johnson said. on the property this week and under one mortgage, and pay. The burned shell of the a service will be held Aug. 6, ments on the debt stopped church stood on the property Johnson said. while contractors fixed a faulty until Friday, when it was The church has also sched- sewage connection and other razed, Johnson said. It was dif- uled a rally on the property problems. ficult to watch the debris being with representatives from the He emphasized last night hauled away, he said. National Coalition of Burned that the church had a steady "We're more thankful that Churches at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11. income -enough to pay the no one was hurt in the fire, The congregation has been debt - through its child care Johnson said. holding its services at Ryan's pperation, church offerings "We're asking people for Family Steakhouse on Bards- and other sources of revenue. their prayers and' that they town Road. y4D-c5-4859 T3cJ 8/u/00 F8I/0