More Than $180,000 Raised for Church Burned and Marked With ‘Vote Trump’ Graffiti

Thousands of people pledged to raise money for Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville by the afternoon of Nov. 3, far exceeding the original goal of $10,000.

“When I ginned up this page before my first meeting at work today, I had no earthly clue it would get so big,” writes J. Blair Reeves Jr., who organized the GoFundMe fundraising initiative on Nov. 2. “Responses have been pouring in from all over the world, and they’re truly extraordinary. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, atheists and many more, from all over the United States and many other countries.”