Curtiss Ostosh, the pastor of the Harvest Time Christian Fellowship in Michigan, US, said the church will continue its mission to feed the needy despite the recent firebombing of its food pantry.
Fire investigators have since indicated that the attack was deliberate. Ostosh noted that the church’s food storage container had “countless tons” of food which are distributed daily. He described the attack as, “pure evil”.
The pastor stated in a Facebook post on Sunday that the church serves 1,500 families monthly. He said they realized the church had been firebombed when they went to worship at 8 a.m. Sunday morning.
“God’s bigger than one evil act,” declared the pastor.
“We plan on pushing forward and continuing to share with our church community and the community at large as we have for nearly 31 years,” he said.
The pastor thanked the operators of other food ministries and food pantries for offering support following the incident.
“Their support allowed us to have food to distribute this week, and hopefully, our normal channels of food support and financial support will carry us through in the days and weeks ahead,” he said.
The church distributes an assortment of fresh fruit, vegetables, meats, dairy, proteins, dry and canned goods to the church family in Warren, Detroit on Wednesdays and Sundays and to the wider community on Tuesdays and Fridays.
“The loss was great and devastating, but our resolve is strong and greater than this senseless evil act. For more than 30 years, we have served South Warren. We will continue to serve South Warren,” officials posted in the church’s Facebook page.
Ostosh is still at a lost regarding the motive for the attack, however, The Christian Post has reported that, “several churches and pro-life pregnancy centers across the United States have faced similar acts of vandalism following the publication of a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which illustrated that a majority of Supreme Court justices were poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.”
