A historic Citrus County church was forced to close after a lightning strike caused significant damage to the building last month.
Inverness First United Methodist Church members attended Sunday service at an elementary school because their church has been deemed unsafe.
Pastor Sarah Campbell was in her office at the time of the strike and saw a white ball of fire roll down the hallway.
"A huge, loud bang when it hit the wall and then all the fire alarms went off," said Campbell.
She says she felt it when it passed.
"My hair stood up," she said. "It was just to my core, a feeling of electricity. It is hard to explain."
No one was hurt, but the church received a lot of damage. The strike fried the air conditioning, most of the electrical systems, all the computers and more. It even cracked several walls causing nearly $1 million dollars worth of damage.
"We're still here," said church member Carla Spivey. "We are still standing and the church isn't the building, it's the congregation."
Positivity has been circling since the lightning strike. Pastor Campbell says everyone is growing closer as a family and she says the 130-year-old congregation will live on.
"We know that God will remain faithful to us if we remain faithful in God," she said.
Church leaders are trying to figure out what's next. They say they might renovate, rebuild or move.