Correction: Church Explosion-Indiana story
CHICAGO (AP) - In a story Nov. 24 about an Indiana pastor asking for help to rebuild his church, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. leads the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. The coalition's leader is the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Indiana pastor in Chicago asks for help after church blast
The pastor of an Indiana church where an explosion destroyed a church building is in Chicago asking for help to rebuild
CHICAGO (AP) - The pastor of an Indiana church where an explosion destroyed a church building is in Chicago asking for help to rebuild.
A spokeswoman for the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition says Joseph Alford of Bethel Congregation Church of God & Christ in Hammond visited the organization on Thursday. He's seeking help rebuilding after Monday's explosion.
The blast destroyed a building that houses the church's food pantry, which serves hundreds of people each month. Rainbow PUSH spokeswoman Chinta Strausberg says Jackson gave Alford some food so that he can continue to feed the needy in the area.
Officials have said Monday's blast, which collapsed the building's roof and sparked a fire, was likely caused by a gas leak.
A deacon of the church was critically injured.