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Venezuelan Churches Step In as Government Earthquake Recovery Disappoints
By Angela Fulton at Christianity Today
· June 29, 2026
· 1 min read
Valentin Aguana, pastor of First Baptist Church of Petare in the metropolitan region of Caracas, was at home Wednesday preparing to leave for a 6:30 p.m. church service when he started hearing strange sounds from above his home. “It was like someone was walking on the ceiling,” he recalled. It took
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 29, 2026 ·
Source: Christianity Today ·
Reading time: 1 min
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