El Reno Church Begins To Rebuild Months After Fire

EL RENO, Oklahoma -

Seven months after a fire burned down an El Reno church, members finally broke ground on a brand new building.

It's been a long, unexpected road for Faith Family Church members, who have been without a building since September when their church of 25 years burned down.

Faith Family Church Assistant Pastor Samantha Roach said she remembers the frightening phone call alerting her that her church was on fire.

"I was personally numb, all our memories, tapes all of our books, everything was gone, because it had burned down to the ground," said Roach.

The building had been there since 1937. Roach and her husband Paul took the church over in the late 1980's. And in one bad thunder storm, the church caught on fire. Firefighters believe the cause may have been electrical.

Without a building for seven months, Faith Family Church began to move forward.

The congregation broke ground to build a brand new building in early April.

The new church will be about 10,000 square feet, seating up to 250 people.

It'll be twice the size of the last sanctuary.

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El Reno Church Begins To Rebuild Months After Fire