Emotional Dr. Robert Jeffress grateful no injuries in First Baptist Dallas church fire: ‘God has protected us’
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Dr. Robert Jeffress has expressed gratitude that no one was injured in a massive fire that ripped through the First Baptist Dallas church Friday.
Video shows heavy flames tearing through the landmark building, with thick black smoke billowing high into the Dallas skyline. Things seemed to be mostly under control until the flames rekindled around 7:35 p.m., when the roof of the sanctuary partially collapsed, Fox 4 Dallas reports. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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Jeffress said that around 2,000 children had been inside the building earlier, but they had left well before the four-alarm inferno broke out. First Baptist Dallas has around 16,000 members and part of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the world's largest Baptist organization.
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