A 100-year-old building in Echo Park that served as a home for mostly ethnic religious groups was nearly destroyed in an early-morning fire that was intentionally set, officials said.
Forerunners for Christ church had been hosting church services and religious groups at the building in the 1600 block of North Morton Avenue for seven years and had cemented itself as part of the community.
So it came as a shock to some early Monday that the church had been targeted.
“Why? Why?” asked senior pastor Linda Cruz. “We weren’t expecting anybody to do this intentional act.