South Side church reopens in new location after devastating fire last year
A Chicago church celebrated a new beginning in a new part of the city's South Side after its old location burned down on Thanksgiving Day last year.
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A Chicago church celebrated a new beginning in a new part of the city's South Side after its old location burned down on Thanksgiving Day last year.
Renewal Life Church opened its doors on Sunday on the third floor at 7411 S. Stony Island Ave. in the South Shore neighborhood. Their old building in Englewood was destroyed by fire on Thanksgiving Day 2025.
Chicago police were conducting a homicide investigation early Monday after a shooting in the city's Englewood neighborhood.
Chicago police were conducting a homicide investigation early Monday after a shooting in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.
A Chicago church is looking toward a new beginning in a new part of the city's South Side after its old location burned down on Thanksgiving Day last year. Asal Rezaei reports.
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Demolition and clean up continue where the Renewal Life Church once stood before a fire caused it to collapse on Thanksgiving Day.
A South Side church collapsed after catching fire on Thanksgiving Day. Flames rekindled at Renewal Life Church in Englewood Friday morning, sending crews back to put out the flames.
Firefighters spent hours putting out the first, which, at its peak, sent smoke into the air that could be seen from more than a mile away.
Crews battled the 2-11 fire at the Renewal Life Church just before 2 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Emerald Avenue.
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