Faith Lutheran Church To Be Rebuilt

Valley City (CSi) The Faith Lutheran Church Council in Valley City has voted to build a new church on the ground where the church burned in downtown Valley City, on October 21, 2013.

The building received $2.5 million in damage from the fire, that investigators later ruled was arson set to cover evidence in a burglary. Three other church burglaries in Valley City prior to the fire are still being investigated.

Faith Lutheran Church Council President Tory Hart says the new church is expected to be open in about a year or longer.

After the fire the congregation began holding services at an empty space in a Valley City office building owned by congregation member Greg Burchill, who offered a reduced rent that will be paid for a year by the church’s insurance company.