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Flags of Israel and Ghana pulled down and burned outside Humboldt, Sask. church

Araba Quaye says an U.S. flag was also found missing, but church officials didn't think it was worth reporting until the Israeli (right) and Ghanaian (left) flags were torched. Probst/ullstein bild via Getty Images

RCMP in Humboldt, Sask., are investigating after someone pulled down the flags of Israel and Ghana from the Living Worlds Church on the town’s main street.

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Mounties said they believe it happened either Sunday night or Monday.

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Araba Quaye, administrator of the church, said the vandalism was discovered while members of the congregration were passing the church property.

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They noticed a couple of flags had been burned and left in a small heap at the bottom of the stairway leading to the entrance of the church.

Quaye said the American flag was also found missing around the first week of June, but church officials didn’t think it was worth reporting to police until the Israeli and Ghanaian flags were torched.

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Quaye said the flags will be replaced as soon as possible.

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“The different national flags represent some of the nations of the world that were worshipping and praising the Lord that the senior pastor had seen in a dream many years ago,” Quaye said.

“We are a church that prays for the nations.”

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