Thieves have been stealing central air conditioning units from rural
Tennessee churches during a scorching summer heat wave, and they will
face hell fire for eternity if they are not caught here on earth, a
church official has said.
"How would you say, 'I stole your air-conditioners' to Jesus? He's the
almighty," said an elder at Union Grove Church of Christ in Cleveland
in southeast Tennessee, Bill Casteel.
Three units, worth $9,000, were stolen from Casteel's church, said the
spokesman for the Bradley County Sheriff's Office, Bob Gault. Other
units worth thousands of dollars each were taken from Cedar Springs
Baptist Church and Thompson Springs Baptist Church in the same town.
Gault said the units were stolen from the churches between July 13 and
July 18, adding that thieves generally were looking for scrap metal
and copper. He said his office deals with such thefts weekly, but
rarely from a church.
The thieves left a single unit at Union Grove Church, enabling the
congregation to hold services in the still cooled auditorium, but
limiting use of other sections of the building as Tennessee bakes in
the low-90s. Casteel figured the unit was probably too heavy.
"They either got scared or their truck was all filled up," said Casteel.
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