Infinity Counter 🟦<p>>>But in the early stages and even now, the Rainy Mountain Baptist Church combines aspects of Kiowa culture with Christianity.</p><p>[snip]</p><p>As Harragarra reflected on the fires, she said the structures are not what really matters. Her fondest memory of the church is when she was greeted by two Kiowa deacons in the former church.</p><p>“They were glad to see you, and when you left, they were glad you came,“ Harragarra said. “I thought about, ‘Well, that's that's not the building I'm speaking about, that's the people…the church is not a building, it's the people that make it.”<<</p><p><a href="https://lor.sh/tags/KOSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KOSU</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Kiowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiowa</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a><br><a href="https://www.kosu.org/show/stateimpact-oklahoma/2025-03-20/the-lord-giveth-and-the-lord-taketh-away-historic-kiowa-church-to-be-rebuilt-after-oklahoma-wildfire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kosu.org/show/stateimpact-okla</span><span class="invisible">homa/2025-03-20/the-lord-giveth-and-the-lord-taketh-away-historic-kiowa-church-to-be-rebuilt-after-oklahoma-wildfire</span></a></p>