Danville Church

Last few weeks....often the cost to move them is paid for by governments or private groups.

But, in danville...a church is paying for the relocation of a statue.

Abc 36's christy bollinger shows you why.

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Caroline kelly danville presbyterian church l3: white church raising money to move confederate statue danville "it is a demonstration that we do believe that black lives matter.

And we believe that they c1 3 matter to god and that they should matter to us."

The confederate monument of confederate captain robert e logan stands tall on the presbyterian church's private property.... it's been there since 19-10, when the united daughters of the confederacy and the sons of confederate veterans erected it.

"so that happened back in 1910 when we did not own the property.

We have since acquired it back from the city in order to expand the facility."

The church announced in october the statue would be moved to c1 3 bellevue cemetery..

Where the captain is buried... saying the statue was affecting the church's ability to serve the community.

"it's just taken us this long to work through the process.

It is quite the process because of the physical monument itself, the weight and the cost to relocate it."

The estimated cost to move the 15-ton statue?...55- thousand dollars...and, no taxpayer money will be used to do it...the church is raising the money and paying for the relocation.

It says it's not about politics...but about doing the right thing.

"it's about our responsibbility as christians.

What does it say about the body of christ that we have a confederate monument on our property?

"we're trying to preserve the history and put it in a place where it continued to tell its story in relationship to this community but not be a symbol of who we are."

So far, the church has raised a little less