North Little Rock church given bigger building to replace one lost in tornado

July 27, 2024 at 2:38 a.m.

by Frank E. Lockwood

At left, little remains of the old Park View Baptist Church building in North Little Rock after a tornado hit it on March 31, 2023. At right, the former Amboy Baptist Church building in North Little Rock is shown on July 14, 2024. Amboy Baptist dissolved earlier this year and gave its building to Park View Baptist Church, a nearby congregation that was left homeless by the tornado. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Frank E. Lockwood)
At left, little remains of the old Park View Baptist Church building in North Little Rock after a tornado hit it on March 31, 2023. At right, the former Amboy Baptist Church building in North Little Rock is shown on July 14, 2024. Amboy Baptist dissolved earlier this year and gave its building to Park View Baptist Church, a nearby congregation that was left homeless by the tornado. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Frank E. Lockwood)


Sixteen months after a tornado destroyed their original 10,000-square-foot house of worship on Donovan Briley Boulevard, Park View Baptist Church in North Little Rock has been given a 30,000-square-foot replacement on MacArthur Drive, roughly 2 miles to the southwest.

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