It was with astonishment and dismay that the worshippers and pastor of the Philadelphia Protestant Evangelical Church in Marseille discovered their place of worship vandalised on Wednesday June 28. On arrival, they were exposed to broken windows, broken doors and furiously torn out panelling. The furniture on the stage where the pulpit stands was also knocked over, reports the news medium Info Chrétienne.
Besides the property damage, tags were also found on the walls of the compound. “The final prophet is Mohamed”, “Jesus is not God”, were read. Undoubtedly an act of an anti-Christian nature, as Romain Choisnet, communications director of the National Council of Evangelicals of France, pointed out on Twitter.
The pastor of the church, who is a member of the National Council of Evangelicals of France in Bouches-du-Rhône, has filed a complaint. The National Council of Evangelicals of France, made known by Romain Choisnet, shared its support and prayers with the faithful of the devastated church and hopes that the perpetrators will be caught and punished quickly.