North Carolina Christian school pummeled by Helene recounts God’s faithfulness as it eyes reopening

The faith of one North Carolina Christian school has remained unshakable despite being faced with the region’s worst natural disaster in a century.

“The second worst flood in Asheville’s history was in 1916, and Helene surpassed that by more than a foot,” Jason Putnam, head of school at Asheville Christian Academy (ACA), told The Lion.

Located just a few miles west of Asheville, in the small community of Swannanoa, ACA was hit hard by the storm.

Swannanoa sits in a valley with two reservoirs and a river. The area was already saturated with rain when Helene hit, creating a “recipe for disaster.”

“Swannanoa has been absolutely devastated,” Putnam said. “I’m a native of the area and in four decades of living I’ve seen nothing that compares to what has happened in Asheville and Chimney Rock and some of the surrounding areas.”

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