PBS News Hour

Wiped out by Katrina, church carries on in a living room

The Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. As members of the neighborhood slowly return, Rev. Charles Duplessis leads church services and bible study in his own living room, hoping someday to rebuild.

Wiped out by Katrina, church carries on in a living room

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